ill

A2Frequent NGSL-2
UK /ɪl/US /ɪl/

Meaning

adjective
suffering from an illness or disease; not feeling well
Her father is seriously ill in St Luke's hospital.

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I shall never forget the African torture victim, a young man no older than I was at the time, who had become mentally ill after all he had endured in his homeland.

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I shall never forget the African torture victim, a young man no older than I was at the time, who had become mentally ill after all he had endured in his homeland.

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