单词 | to speak, think, etc ill |
释义 | > as lemmasto speak, think, etc. ill b. With unfavourable estimation, blamefully: chiefly in to speak, think, etc. ill (of); so †to hear ill, to be ill spoken of (see hear v. 12). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [adverb] ill1548 evilly1668 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > treat discourteously [verb (transitive)] > address discourteously to speak, think, etc. ill1548 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxxxix Thei grudged, and spake ill of the hole Parliament. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 66 He [is] ill reputed of that forbeareth so to do. 1631 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 8 All our speeches and actions are ill-interpreted. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 16 Nationall corruption, for which England hears ill abroad. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 439. ¶4 A Man..Inquisitive after every thing that is spoken ill of him. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 169 Ill as he thought of his species, he never became a misanthrope. < as lemmas |
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