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adj. VERBS be, feel, look | become, be taken, fall, get | make sb I can't eat bananas. They make me ill. ADV. critically, dangerously, desperately, extremely, gravely, really, seriously, severely, terribly, very His mother is seriously ill in hospital. | almost Robyn was almost ill with excitement and outrage. | pretty, quite, rather, slightly | genuinely | violently She was taken violently ill and had to be put to bed. | acutely | chronically chronically ill patients | fatally, incurably, mortally, terminally a hospice for the terminally ill | mentally, physically the problems faced by mentally ill people
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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ill
[ not before noun ] especially British English suffering from a disease or not feeling well:
• Her mother is seriously ill in hospital. • I woke up feeling really ill.
sick
especially American English ill:
• She’s been sick with the flu. • a sick child • Dan got sick on vacation.
not very well
[ not before noun ] ill, but not seriously ill:
• Sarah’s not very well – she has a throat infection.
unwell
[ not before noun ] formal ill:
• The singer had been unwell for some time. • Symptoms include fever, aching muscles, and feeling generally unwell.
poorly
[ not before noun ] British English spoken ill:
• Your grandmother’s been very poorly lately.
in a bad way
[ not before noun ] very ill because of a serious injury or disease:
• You’d better call an ambulance – she looks like she’s in a bad way.
be off sick
British English , be out sick American English to be not at work because of an illness:
• Two teachers were off sick yesterday.
slightly ill
under the weather
( also off colour British English ) [ not before noun ] informal slightly ill:
• Sorry I haven’t called you – I’ve been a bit under the weather lately. • You look a bit off colour – are you sure you’re OK?
run down
[ not before noun ] feeling slightly ill and tired all the time, for example because you have been working too hard, or not eating well:
• Some people take extra vitamins if they are feeling run down.
often ill
in poor health
unhealthy and often ill:
• Chopin was already in poor health when he arrived on the island.
delicate
weak and likely to become ill easily:
• She was delicate and pale and frequently complained of headaches. • He had a delicate constitution and throughout his adult life suffered from various illnesses.
sickly
a sickly child is often ill:
• He was a sickly child and spent a lot of time at home on his own. • His younger daughter was sickly and died when she was young.
Longman-Thesaurus
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verbs
be ill
• What’s wrong? Are you ill?
feel ill
• I’ve been feeling ill since I woke up this morning.
look ill
• He looked rather ill when I saw him.
become ill
( also get ill informal )
• She became ill after eating oysters.
fall ill
formal (= become ill )
• Louise fell ill while she was on holiday.
be taken ill
(= become ill suddenly )
• Henry was suddenly taken ill and had to go to the hospital.
make somebody ill
• I think it was the heat that made me ill.
adverbs
seriously ill
(= very ill )
• Any seriously ill patients are usually sent to a state hospital.
gravely ill
formal (= extremely ill )
• She went to visit her grandfather, who was gravely ill.
critically ill
(= so ill that you might die )
• He got news that his mother was critically ill in hospital.
terminally ill
(= having a very serious illness that you will die from )
• He is terminally ill with cancer.
chronically ill
(= having a long-term illness that cannot be cured and will not get better )
• Chronically ill patients often find it difficult to get travel insurance.
mentally ill
(= having an illness of your mind )
• Caring for mentally ill people can be challenging.
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