Collocations for ill - adj.
VERBS
appear,
be,
feel,
look,
seem
lie
He was lying ill in bed.
lie
He was lying ill in bed.
become,
be taken (BrE),
fall,
get,
grow
remain
make sb
I can't eat bananas. They make me ill. (esp. BrE)
That type of government corruption makes me ill.
remain
make sb
I can't eat bananas. They make me ill. (esp. BrE)
That type of government corruption makes me ill.
ADVERB
critically,
dangerously,
desperately,
extremely,
gravely,
really,
seriously,
severely,
terribly,
very
His mother is seriously ill in the hospital.
His mother is seriously ill in the hospital.
almost
Robyn was almost ill with excitement and outrage.
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.
genuinely
violently
She was taken violently ill and had to be put to bed.
acutely
chronically
chronically ill patients
chronically
chronically ill patients
fatally,
incurably,
mortally,
terminally
a hospice for the terminally ill
a hospice for the terminally ill
mentally,
physically
the problems faced by mentally ill people
the problems faced by mentally ill people
PREPOSITION
with
He fell ill with cholera in 1849.
He fell ill with cholera in 1849.
from
They arrive at the hospital ill from malnutrition.
They arrive at the hospital ill from malnutrition.
Ill is used with these nouns:
effect, feeling, fortune, health, luck, omen, person, relative, temper, will
effect, feeling, fortune, health, luck, omen, person, relative, temper, will