What is "to hear ill"

Hear \Hear\, v. i.

1. To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. ``The hearing ear.''
   --Prov. xx. 1

2. 2. To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen.

   So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard, Well pleased, but answered not.
   --Milton.

3. To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive information by report or by letter.

   I have heard, sir, of such a man.
   --Shak.

   I must hear from thee every day in the hour.
   --Shak.

   To hear ill, to be blamed. [Obs.]

   Not only within his own camp, but also now at Rome, he heard ill for his temporizing and slow proceedings.
   --Holland.

   To hear well, to be praised. [Obs.]

   Note: Hear, or Hear him, is often used in the imperative, especially in the course of a speech in English assemblies, to call attention to the words of the speaker.

   Hear him, . . . a cry indicative, according to the tone, of admiration, acquiescence, indignation, or derision.
   --Macaulay.