Antonyms for ill

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : il

Phonetic Transcription : ɪl

Definition of ill

Origin : c.1200, "morally evil" (other 13c. senses were "malevolent, hurtful, unfortunate, difficult"), from Old Norse illr "ill, bad," of unknown origin. Not related to evil. Main modern sense of "sick, unhealthy, unwell" is first recorded mid-15c., probably related to Old Norse idiom "it is bad to me." Slang inverted sense of "very good, cool" is 1980s. As a noun, "something evil," from mid-13c.

adj sick
adj bad, evil
noun misfortune

Example sentences :

They gently raised him, bolstered him with pillows, and told him he had long been ill.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

But the result was achieved only at a cost which the little party could ill sustain.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

I would have no ill befall her, but I am glad to be rid of her.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

He was ill, and he desired to speak with his still beloved minister.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

On Monday morning she was ill, and Robin ordered her to stay in bed.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

It was awful to Harriett that her father should be ill, lying there at their mercy.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

And by the spring of eighteen eighty he was upstairs in his room, too ill to be moved.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

The ill consequence of which it is now in your power to prevent.
Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James

But you are ill, I know you are, you are as white as a sheet.
Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

The children of the married would be but ill cared for were there only the married to care for them!
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for ill

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