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ill

 
 
/ɪl/ adjective

Translation

NOT HEALTHY not feeling well, or suffering from a disease
hasta, rahatsız
critically/seriously ill Her mother was too ill to travel. Mark had been feeling ill for a couple of days.574
BAD [always before noun] formal bad
kötü, berbat
ill health He suffered no ill effects from his fall. → See also ill at ease2110
(Definition of ill adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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