Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Sickness; indisposition.
- Not well; indisposed.
- Synonyms Unwell, etc. See sick.
Wiktionary
- n. An ailment.
- v. Present participle of to ail.
- adj. sickly
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. sick; unhealthy. Opposite of
well orhealthy .
WordNet 3.0
- adj. somewhat ill or prone to illness
Examples
“But with Martin ailing and the rest of his teammates flailing, he was virtually a one-man show and ran out of gas in the fourth quarter, failing to make a basket.”
“When I last passed by there some years ago it seemed to be ailing, which is why I say "used to be".”
“In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released last week, 42 percent of registered voters named the ailing economy as their most pressing concern, almost twice the amount that named Iraq - the second most important issue.”
“SPHERE OF INFLUENCE: Nearly every profile of Redstone seems required to make a King Lear allusion, with the mogul frequently described as ailing and impulsive.”
“ROBERTSON: Later that day in the Kurdish capital Erbil, Gasso (ph) calls his ailing father in London.”
“This home of the injured and ailing, which is in the mind of so many of the people gathered together, is indeed the cord that draws and binds the city and the village closest together and makes the two like one.”
“Echoing the sentiment of taxpayers, the president on Monday called the ailing insurance giant's plans to dole out $165 million in bonuses an "outrage" and said he would attempt to block the additional compensation.”
“African clergy told to re-evangelise 'ailing' Anglican church”
The Guardian: Anglican leaders condemn victimisation of gays and lesbians
“In NMA's video "Spider-Man wipes out on Broadway," not only the webslinging aerialist is hospitalized with injuries -- the show's "ailing" book is also treated by a paddle-wielding script doctor.”
The Washington Post: ANIMATION OF THE DAY: Taiwan takes a bite out of 'Spider-Man'
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ailing’.
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Adjectives
IMPRESSIVE GROWTH..., outstanding growth, significant growth, ailing, humble, reluctant, pithy, crony, tertiary, transparent, significant
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English
rewarding, wit, landmark, core, soar, drop, plunge, plummet, dive, level off, rocket, peak and 110 more...
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My GRE
concomitant, mendacity, corollary, mandate, ascertain, exacerbate, substantiate, perennial, exemplify, hegemony, acrimonious, repertoire and 653 more...
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
Words used in Bram Stoker's Dracula.
decadence, emancipation, nostalgia, abounded, modernity, revolution, famine, conservative, privy, vied, nascent, correspondence and 211 more...
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titi's Words
tomato, potato, protrude, procrastination, skeptical, reconcile, phishing, sangria, reinvent the wheel, egotist, narcisist, conceit and 9 more...
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Words with bad meanings
Words with bad meanings
carcinogenic, debility, boor, pilfer, schadenfreude, shituation, loathe, moron, obliterate, agroof, disparage, discordant and 13 more...
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bilby ail can also be a noun. Aug 8, 2010
alejinha Ailment is the noun. Aug 7, 2010