hearty vs ill

hearty

adj
  • Energetic, active or eager. 

  • Cheerful, vivacious. 

  • Exhibiting strength; firm 

  • warm and cordial towards another person 

  • Promoting strength; nourishing. 

ill

adj
  • Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel. 

  • Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick. 

  • Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way. 

  • Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be. 

  • Having an urge to vomit. 

  • Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard. 

adv
  • Not well; imperfectly, badly 

noun
  • A physical ailment; an illness. 

  • Harm or injury. 

  • PCP, phencyclidine. 

  • Evil; moral wrongfulness. 

  • Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity. 

verb
  • To behave aggressively. 

How often have the words hearty and ill occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )