Betekenis van ill In het Nederlands

• 0 not feeling well, or suffering from a disease:

  • I felt ill so I went home.

  • He's been ill with meningitis.

  • Sophia fell ill/was taken ill (= became ill) while on holiday.

  • He is critically (= very badly) ill in hospital.

• 1 bad:

  • ill health

  • Did you experience any ill effects from the treatment?

  • There was no ill feeling between them.

  • The solar eclipse was considered an ill omen (= a sign something bad would happen).

• 2 good; impressive:

  • That beat is so ill.

  • He was doing ill tricks on his skateboard.

• 3 badly:

  • He treated her very ill.

  • I realize one shouldn't speak ill of the dead.

  • This weather bodes ill for the garden party tonight.

  • We can ill afford to lose another member of staff.

• 4 harm:

  • I wish her no ill.

  • There seems to be no cure for the country's economic/social ills.

• 5 in a way that is bad or not suitable:

  • ill-prepared

  • an ill-judged remark

• 6 short form of I shall or I will:

  • I'll be there at 6.00.

• 7 having a disease or feeling as if your body or mind has been harmed by not being able to work as it should:

  • I felt ill, so I went home.

• 8 bad:

  • Did you experience any ill effects from the treatment?

• 9 badly, with great difficulty, or certainly not:

  • They could ill afford to lose all that money.

• 10 a problem or difficulty:

  • We thought we could solve all the community's ills and we have failed.

• 11 contraction of I will or I shall:

  • I’ll want to see your tax records.

  • I’ll be on vacation next week.