illness
/ˈɪl.nəs/
illness noun: an instance (episode) of a disease or poor health.
Noun
illness (countable and uncountable, plural illnesses)
- An instance (episode) of a disease or poor health.
- Her grandmother had passed away after a long illness.
- suffer form a severe illness
- Synonyms:
- sickness
- A state of bad health or disease.
- Many working days this year have been lost through illness.
- Illness is a wholistic reality, just as health is wholistic, and healing is the process of moving from illness to health.2012, Anne Westhues, Canadian Social Policy: Issues and Perspectives
illness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
illness in Hindi
- an instance of a disease or poor health
- रोग rog, बीमारी bīmārī, अस्वस्थता asvasthatā, मरज़ maraz, मर्ज़ marz, व्याधि vyādhi
- a state of bad health or disease
- रोग rog
illness in Tamil
- an instance of a disease or poor health
- நோய் nōy, ரோகம் rōkam
illness in Marathi
- an instance of a disease or poor health
- रोग rog, आजार ājār
illness in Urdu
- an instance of a disease or poor health
- بِیماری bīmārī, مَرْض marz, مَرَض maraz, روگ rog
More languagesFewer languages
- illness in Bengali
- রোগ rōg, অসুস্থতা ośusthota, ব্যাধি bêdhi
- illness in Telugu
- వ్యాధి vyādhi, రోగము rōgamu
- illness in Malayalam
- രോഗം rōgaṁ
- illness in Kannada
- ರೋಗ rōga, ಅನಾರೋಗ್ಯ anārōgya
- illness in Punjabi
- ਬਿਮਾਰੀ bimārī
- illness in Gujarati
- બીમારી bīmārī, માંદગી mā̃dgī
- illness in Odia
- ସ୍ପର୍ଶ sparśa
- illness in Sanskrit
- रोग roga, व्याधि vyādhi, अस्वस्थता asvasthatā
- illness in Sinhala
- ලඩෙ laḍe
- illness in Assamese
- ৰোগ rüg
- illness in Nepali
- रोग rog
- illness in Pashto
- بيماري bimārí, ناروغي nāroǧí, مرض maráz
- illness in Tagalog
- sakit
- illness in Arabic
- مَرَض maraḍ, دَاء dāʔ
- illness in Malay
- penyakit, sakit
- illness in Indonesian
- penyakit
- illness in Thai
- โรค rôok, โรคา roo-kaa, โรคภัย rôok-pai, พยาธิ pá-yâat
- illness in Vietnamese
- bệnh, sự đau yếu, sự ốm
- illness in Myanmar
- နာမကျန်း nama.kyan:, ဗျာဓိ byadhi., အဖျားအနာ a.hpya:a.na, ရောဂါ rau:ga
Examples of illness in a sentence
- He has a strong constitution, so he should make a quick recovery from the illness.
- To avoid passing on your illness, you should sneeze into your sleeve.
- Her illness started to alarm the doctors, who ordered more tests.
Synonyms of illness
Forms of illness
| plural | illnesses |
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Origin of illness
From ill + -ness.
Words formed from illness
Phrases with illness
Words that rhyme with illness
Questions about illness
- What does illness mean?
- Illness means an instance (episode) of a disease or poor health.
- What is illness in Hindi?
- Illness in Hindi is रोग (rog), बीमारी (bīmārī), अस्वस्थता (asvasthatā). See Illness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is illness?
- Illness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce illness?
- Illness is pronounced /ˈɪl.nəs/.
- What is the plural of illness?
- The plural of illness is illnesses.
Words near illness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: illness (page history and authors); ସ୍ପର୍ଶ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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