Ill

/ɪl/

Synonyms for "ill" (256 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (52)

Adjective(9 words)

sickaffected areasailing bad badly bedrid crappy defective dicky

abomination affection ailing ailment amiss apocalyptic atrocity bad badly baleful bane baneful befoulmentbelow parblack blight bodeful boding complaint condition

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corruption criminalcritically illcrying evildamage damaging dark defilement deleterious despoliation destruction detriment detrimental diabolic dire

Noun(4 words)

afflicted ailmentart thou sickcomplaint

Adjective(3 words)

bad crank crook

Adverb(1 words)

badly

Strong matches (76)

disadvantageously disagreeable disagreeably discourteous disease diseased disorder disrespectful doomful down drawback dreary evil evil-starred evilly faint faintish fatefulfeeling awfulfeeling faint

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feeling something terriblefly in the ointmentforeboding frail ghastly gloomy grievance hard harm havoc hostile hurt hurtful ill-boding ill-bred ill-fated ill-mannered ill-omened ill-starred impertinent impolite improperin a bad wayin dangerinaccurate inauspicious incline inconveniently indisposed inexpedient infection inferior infirmity inhospitable inhospitably inimical injurious injury invalidlaid low

Adjective(6 words)

diseased disordered harmful imperfect inauspiciouslow health indicator

Noun(5 words)

distemperfeel sickfeeling unwellhaving invalids

Adjective(5 words)

green about the gillsicky indisposed infirmlike death warmed over

Related words (128)

lowering malady malevolent menacing mischief mischievousmortally illnot quite rightof evil portentoff coloroff-color ominousout of sortsoutrage peaky peccant poison pollution poor portending

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Adjective(15 words)

mal maladive mawkishoff one's feedon the pat and mickout of sortspat and mickqueersick as a dogsick as a parrotsickish sickly unhealthy valetudinarian valetudinary

Adjective(17 words)

ominouspoor conditionpoor healthpoor health dayspoorly queasier queasiest queasy sicker sickest sickliest substandardunable to work nowunhealthiest unwell wrong wrongly

Adverb(1 words)

poorly

Verb(1 words)

sickened

Noun(1 words)

upset

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

8 entries

adjective adverbadverb of mannerdisorderhealth conditionnegative judgmentquality descriptorupset

More specific

10 entries

ailing badlyill fittingill madeill suitedill-advised ill-fated ill-natured poorly sickly

Collocations

8 entries

feel illill effectsill fittingill healthill temperill willill windspeak ill of

Derivations

6 entries

ill-advised ill-advisedly ill-fated ill-natured illness illnesses

Antonyms

2 entries

well

similar

73 entries

afflicted aguish ailingair sickairsick autistic bad bedfast bedrid bedridden bilious bronchitic carsick consumptive convalescent delirious

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Translations

232 translations across 150 languages.

Acehnese

1 entries

saket adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Afrikaans

1 entries

siek adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Aghwan

1 entries

𐔱𐔰𐕅 adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Aklanon

1 entries

masakit adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Albanian

1 entries

i sëmurë adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Amharic

1 entries

ሕሙም adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἄρρωστος adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Arabic

3 entries

عيان adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
مريض adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
مَرِيض adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Armenian

1 entries

հիվանդ adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Aromanian

4 entries

hivrit adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
lãndzidzãt adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
lãndzit adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
lãntsid adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Asturian

1 entries

enfermu adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

naxoş adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
xəstə adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Bashkir

3 entries

ауырыу adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
сирле adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
сырхау adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Basque

1 entries

gaixo adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Belarusian

1 entries

хво́ры adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Bengali

1 entries

অসুস্থ adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Bislama

1 entries

siki adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бо́лен adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
беда noun (a problem)
мъчнотия noun (a problem)
трудност noun (a problem)

Burmese

2 entries

နာ adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
နေထိုင်မကောင်း adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Catalan

1 entries

malalt adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

نەخۆش adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Chadian Arabic

1 entries

مرضان adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Chickasaw

1 entries

abika adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Chinese

2 entries

бемар adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
бин adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

病 adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

病 adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Chukchi

1 entries

тъытԓьэн adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Church Slavic

1 entries

больнъ adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Czech

1 entries

nemocný adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Danish

1 entries

syg adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Dutch

3 entries

krank adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
ziek adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
zieke adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Elfdalian

2 entries

klien adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
siuok adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Erzya

1 entries

ормав adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Esperanto

1 entries

malsana adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Estonian

1 entries

haige adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Faroese

1 entries

sjúkur adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Finnish

1 entries

sairas adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

French

1 entries

malade adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Galician

2 entries

doente adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
enfermo adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Georgian

2 entries

ავადმყოფი adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
სნეული adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

German

3 entries

krank adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
siech adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
Übel noun (a problem)

Gheg Albanian

1 entries

smu adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Greek

1 entries

άρρωστος adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Greenlandic

1 entries

napparsimasoq adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

malad adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Hawaiian

1 entries

maʻi adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Hebrew

1 entries

חוֹלֶה adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Hindi

2 entries

बीमार adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
रोगी adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Hungarian

1 entries

beteg adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Icelandic

3 entries

lasinn adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
sjúkur adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
veikur adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Ido

1 entries

malada adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Indonesian

1 entries

sakit adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Ingrian

1 entries

kippiä adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Interlingua

1 entries

malade adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Iranun

1 entries

masakit adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Irish

1 entries

tinn adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Italian

1 entries

malato adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Japanese

1 entries

病気 adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Javanese

1 entries

lara adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Kazakh

4 entries

ауру adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
дімкәс adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
науқас adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
сырқат adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Khmer

2 entries

ឈឺ adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
ថ្កាត់ adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Korean

2 entries

병들다 adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
앓다 adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Kyrgyz

4 entries

ноокас adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
оору adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
оорулуу adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
сыркоолуу adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Ladino

4 entries

hazina adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
hazino adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
hazinu (Monastir) adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
malo (Izmir) adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Lao

3 entries

ຕົກອັບ adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
ບໍ່ສະບາຍ adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
ເຈັບ adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Latgalian

1 entries

navasals adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Latin

3 entries

aeger adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
aegrōtus adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
īnfirmus adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Latvian

2 entries

sasirdzis adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
slims adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Laz

1 entries

ზაბუნი adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Lithuanian

1 entries

sergantis adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Livonian

1 entries

rujā adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

chóry adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Lushootseed

1 entries

ʔəsʔi adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

krank adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Macedonian

2 entries

болен adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
зло noun (a problem)

Malay

2 entries

gering adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
sakit adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Maltese

1 entries

marid adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Mansaka

1 entries

masakit adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Maranao

1 entries

kasakit adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Mingrelian

1 entries

ლეხიანი adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Moksha

1 entries

сяряди adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Mongolian

2 entries

өвчтэй adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
ᠥᠪᠡᠳᠴᠢᠲᠡᠢ adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Māori

4 entries

mahaki adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
maki adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
manauhea adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
māuiui adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Norman

1 entries

malade adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

nexweş adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Northern Sami

2 entries

buohcci adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
buozas adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

sjuk adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
syk adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

sjuk adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Nǀuu

1 entries

ʘʻuiʻiki adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Occitan

1 entries

malaut adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Odia

1 entries

ବେମାରିଆ adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Ojibwe

1 entries

aakozi adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Old Armenian

2 entries

խօթ adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
հիւանդ adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Old English

2 entries

seoc adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
ādliġ adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Old Javanese

1 entries

lara adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Old Saxon

1 entries

siok adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

خسته adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Pashto

2 entries

بيمار adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
مريض adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Persian

2 entries

بیمار adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
مریض adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Pijin

1 entries

siki adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

krank adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Polish

2 entries

chory adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
problem noun (a problem)

Portuguese

1 entries

doente adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Romagnol

1 entries

mêl adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Romani

1 entries

nasvalo adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Romanian

2 entries

abătut adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
bolnav adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Romansch

1 entries

malsaun adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Russian

2 entries

больно́й adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
хво́рый adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Samoan

1 entries

maʻi adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Sango

1 entries

kobêla adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Sanskrit

2 entries

अस्वस्थ adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
रुग्ण adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

tinn adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

bȍlestan adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
бо̏лестан adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Sindhi

1 entries

بیمار adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Sinhalese

1 entries

අසනීප adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Slovak

2 entries

chorý adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
nemocný adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Slovene

1 entries

bolan adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Somali

2 entries

bukaan adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
xanuun adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Spanish

2 entries

enfermo adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
mareado adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Swahili

1 entries

-gonjwa adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Swedish

1 entries

sjuk adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Tagalog

1 entries

may sakit adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Tahitian

1 entries

maʻi adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Tajik

3 entries

бемор adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
касал adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
мариз adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Talysh

2 entries

noxəş adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
مریض adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Tat

2 entries

bimar adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
naxuş adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Tatar

1 entries

авыру adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Tetum

1 entries

moras adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Thai

2 entries

ป่วย adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
ไม่สบาย adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Tibetan

2 entries

ན adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
ནན་ཏེ adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ሕሙም adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Tocharian B

1 entries

tekiññe adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

sik adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Tongan

2 entries

mahaki adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
puke adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Turkish

2 entries

hasta adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
sayrı adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Turkmen

4 entries

hassa adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
kesel adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
näsag adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
syrkaw adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Ukrainian

1 entries

хво́рий adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Unami

1 entries

palsi adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

chory adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Urdu

3 entries

بیمار adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
علیل adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
مریض adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Uyghur

1 entries

كېسەل adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Uzbek

4 entries

bemor adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
kasal adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
nosogʻ adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
xasta adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Vietnamese

2 entries

bệnh adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
ốm adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Volapük

1 entries

malädik adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Welsh

1 entries

sâl adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

West-Frisian

1 entries

siik adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

White Hmong

1 entries

mob adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Yiddish

3 entries

געלעגן צו בעט adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
קראַנק adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
קרענקלעך adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Zhuang

1 entries

bingh adj (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

Sample sentences

39 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I think you'd better take a rest; you look ill.

Source: tatoeba (15990)

You are too ready to speak ill of others.

Source: tatoeba (16338)

I hear that you've been ill.

Source: tatoeba (16635)

Smoking has an ill effect upon health.

Source: tatoeba (19935)

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