😎 Most impressive 😈 Most evil 🤒 Most unwell

illest

9.9

Sicker than everyone else in a group

adjective
/ˈɪlɪst/

: el más enfermo

Of all the patients in the ward, she looked the illest and needed immediate attention.

Examples

After the long voyage he was the illest among the crew, barely able to stand.
He became the illest in his family after catching the flu last winter.
He felt the illest after catching that flu.
She has been feeling the illest since last week.
Of all the patients in the ward, she looked the illest and needed immediate attention.
After the long voyage he was the illest among the crew, barely able to stand.
He became the illest in his family after catching the flu last winter.

Synonyms

worst

vsillest

1 1.0

The lowest level of skill, success or quality

refers specifically to extreme physical sickness rather than general badness

How Sick

terminal

45 7.1

critical

917 4.0

illest

9.9

sick

∞ 1.0

unwell

18 1.0

Surface Forms

illest superlative

Morphology

illest = ill (transparent) = ill + est

Productive superlative '-est' attached to the adjective 'ill' (sick), giving 'most sick', a predictable morphological change.

Etymology

Illest is also the superlative of ill meaning 'sick', so it can mean the 'most sick' person. That's why in stories about health or travel it describes the person who is weakest or needs the most care, just like in illness.