Health / A1

IL/ɪl/

You stay at home because you are ill — not well. British English likes ill for this; sick can also mean you want to vomit. Feel ill / be ill. The noun is illness. Opposite: well or healthy.

Meaning

Not well; sick.

Examples

• “She is ill today and cannot come.”
• “He is ill, so he is in bed.”
• “I felt ill after the long bus ride.”

Good to know

be ill / feel ill. British: ill. sick can mean vomiting. Opposite: well.

Near in meaning

sick

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