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Contents overview ill and sickWord Problems from A to Z494 ill and sickIll and sick are both used to mean 'unwell'. (In American English ill is less usual except in a formal style.)George didn't come in last week because he was ill/sick.Ill is not very common before a noun.I'm looking after my sick mother. (More normal than … my ill mother.)Be sick can meant 'vomit' (= bring food up from the stomach) in British English.I was sick three times in the night.Previous Next |