ail

1 of 2

verb

ˈāl

ailed; ailing; ails

transitive verb

: to give physical or emotional pain, discomfort, or trouble to

His back has been ailing him.

It's good for what ails you.

What's ailing you?

intransitive verb

: to have something the matter

an ailing economy

especially : to suffer ill health

She has been ailing for years.

ail

2 of 2

noun

: ailment

winter ails

Example Sentences

Noun half of the staff is out sick with the usual wintertime ails

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

There are plenty of things that ail this particular Utah team, maybe more than what can legitimately be fixed in one offseason, but one offseason would be a start.

Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Jan. 2022 Jackson's ankle didn't appear to ail him at all during the second half.

Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2021 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, obeying The Netherlands’ ban on nursing home visitations during the coronavirus pandemic, did not visit his ailing mother for weeks before her death earlier this month, according to local media reports Monday.

Fox News, 27 May 2020 Soon after, Wu left the industry to care for her ailing mother in San Jose.

Robert Ito, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2020 Lucha is caring for her ailing mother, Amalia (Gigi Cervantes), who’s losing her memory.

Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 26 Mar. 2020 Chambers, 49, was noticeably absent from the midseason finale in November, and it was explained that his character was taking care of his ailing mother.

Christina Dugan, PEOPLE.com, 23 Jan. 2020 Nugent wrote that Walker also plans to care for his ailing mother, who is suffering from leukemia, Nugent wrote.

Eric Heisig, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2019 The protagonist, Arthur Fleck, is a mentally ill aspiring stand-up comedian who lives in a rundown flat with his ailing mother, Penny (Frances Conroy).

N.b., The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019

Noun

Overall, China’s box office continues to ail, with sizable pockets of cinemas across the country still closed as a COVID precaution and consumer activity suppressed by mass testing and a prevailing sense of caution.

Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2022 Illinois’s fiscal ails have long revolved around its pension system for teachers and state workers.

Shruti Singh, Bloomberg.com, 18 May 2020 By comparison, the U.S., the coronavirus’s new hotspot, earmarked $2 trillion in March to help businesses, hospitals, and workers counter the economic ails of COVID-19, while the Fed slashed interest rates to nearly zero.

Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2020 This social pressure only worked, though, to the extent that patients could afford to leave normal life behind, and ail in isolation from their communities.

Annika Neklason, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2020 El Paso j ail records show a Patrick Wood Crusius was booked Sunday on state charges of capital murder.

Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2019 Apple’s smartphone shipments in China fell 20% in the quarter ended December from a year earlier, according to International Data Corp.Tepid iPhone sales aren't all that ail Apple in China.

Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2019 Brian Dennehy is Irina’s ailing elder brother, Sorin, although Dennehy, at seventy-nine, still looks too bearishly robust to ail.

Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018 The pitch inherently presumes a technologically advanced society, one where medicine has cured our physical ails.

Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, 26 Dec. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English eilen, eilien "to trouble, afflict, affect (with animate or inanimate agent), be troubled, affected," going back to Old English eglan, eglian "to torment, afflict (with animate or inanimate agent)," going back to Germanic *agljan- (whence also Norwegian egle "to bait, goad, heckle," Danish dialect [Jutland] egle "to goad," [Bornholm] ägla "to scold," Gothic agljan, translating Greek bláptein "to harm, hurt"), of uncertain origin

Note: The Germanic etymon has been compared with an assortment of words inside and outside Germanic, most immediately and unarguably with Old English egle "grievous, painful, loathsome, horrible," Gothic agls, attested only as neuter singular agl, translating Greek aischrós "causing shame, disgraceful," and Gothic aglo, translating Greek thlípsis "tribulation." These have been compared further with Sanskrit agháḥ "evil, bad," Avestan aγa-, and Greek áchnymai, achnýnai "to grieve, lament," áchos "pain, distress." All these have been taken as progeny of an Indo-European base *h₂eg^h-, hypothetically "distress, fear," connected further with Old English ege "fear, terror," Gothic agis, Old Norse agi (see awe entry 1). However, the semantic link between the basic Germanic set (exemplified by Old English eglan and egle) and the other words is tenuous.

Noun

Middle English eil "harm, trouble," perhaps in part going back to an Old English noun *ægl, *ægle, n-stem noun cognate with Gothic aglo "tribulation," derivative of a Germanic adjective agla-, whence Old English egle "grievous, painful"; in part noun derivative of Middle English eilen "to trouble, afflict" and eile "harmful, grievous" (continuing Old English egle) — more at ail entry 1

First Known Use

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined above

单词	ails
释义	ail 1 of 2 verb ˈāl ailed; ailing; ails transitive verb : to give physical or emotional pain, discomfort, or trouble to His back has been ailing him. It's good for what ails you. What's ailing you? intransitive verb : to have something the matter an ailing economy especially : to suffer ill health She has been ailing for years. ail 2 of 2 noun : ailment winter ails Synonyms Verb agitate alarm alarum bother concern derail discomfort discompose dismay disquiet distemper distract distress disturb exercise flurry frazzle freak (out) fuss hagride perturb undo unhinge unsettle upset weird out worry Noun affection ailment bug complaint complication condition disease disorder distemper distemperature fever ill illness infirmity malady sickness trouble See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun half of the staff is out sick with the usual wintertime ails Recent Examples on the Web Verb There are plenty of things that ail this particular Utah team, maybe more than what can legitimately be fixed in one offseason, but one offseason would be a start. Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Jan. 2022 Jackson's ankle didn't appear to ail him at all during the second half. Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2021 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, obeying The Netherlands’ ban on nursing home visitations during the coronavirus pandemic, did not visit his ailing mother for weeks before her death earlier this month, according to local media reports Monday. Fox News, 27 May 2020 Soon after, Wu left the industry to care for her ailing mother in San Jose. Robert Ito, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2020 Lucha is caring for her ailing mother, Amalia (Gigi Cervantes), who’s losing her memory. Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 26 Mar. 2020 Chambers, 49, was noticeably absent from the midseason finale in November, and it was explained that his character was taking care of his ailing mother. Christina Dugan, PEOPLE.com, 23 Jan. 2020 Nugent wrote that Walker also plans to care for his ailing mother, who is suffering from leukemia, Nugent wrote. Eric Heisig, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2019 The protagonist, Arthur Fleck, is a mentally ill aspiring stand-up comedian who lives in a rundown flat with his ailing mother, Penny (Frances Conroy). N.b., The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019 Noun Overall, China’s box office continues to ail, with sizable pockets of cinemas across the country still closed as a COVID precaution and consumer activity suppressed by mass testing and a prevailing sense of caution. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2022 Illinois’s fiscal ails have long revolved around its pension system for teachers and state workers. Shruti Singh, Bloomberg.com, 18 May 2020 By comparison, the U.S., the coronavirus’s new hotspot, earmarked $2 trillion in March to help businesses, hospitals, and workers counter the economic ails of COVID-19, while the Fed slashed interest rates to nearly zero. Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2020 This social pressure only worked, though, to the extent that patients could afford to leave normal life behind, and ail in isolation from their communities. Annika Neklason, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2020 El Paso j ail records show a Patrick Wood Crusius was booked Sunday on state charges of capital murder. Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2019 Apple’s smartphone shipments in China fell 20% in the quarter ended December from a year earlier, according to International Data Corp.Tepid iPhone sales aren't all that ail Apple in China. Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2019 Brian Dennehy is Irina’s ailing elder brother, Sorin, although Dennehy, at seventy-nine, still looks too bearishly robust to ail. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018 The pitch inherently presumes a technologically advanced society, one where medicine has cured our physical ails. Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, 26 Dec. 2017 See More Word History Etymology Verb Middle English eilen, eilien "to trouble, afflict, affect (with animate or inanimate agent), be troubled, affected," going back to Old English eglan, eglian "to torment, afflict (with animate or inanimate agent)," going back to Germanic agljan- (whence also Norwegian egle* "to bait, goad, heckle," Danish dialect [Jutland] egle "to goad," [Bornholm] ägla "to scold," Gothic agljan, translating Greek bláptein "to harm, hurt"), of uncertain origin Note: The Germanic etymon has been compared with an assortment of words inside and outside Germanic, most immediately and unarguably with Old English egle "grievous, painful, loathsome, horrible," Gothic agls, attested only as neuter singular agl, translating Greek aischrós "causing shame, disgraceful," and Gothic aglo, translating Greek thlípsis "tribulation." These have been compared further with Sanskrit agháḥ "evil, bad," Avestan aγa-, and Greek áchnymai, achnýnai "to grieve, lament," áchos "pain, distress." All these have been taken as progeny of an Indo-European base h₂eg^h-, hypothetically "distress, fear," connected further with Old English ege* "fear, terror," Gothic agis, Old Norse agi (see awe entry 1). However, the semantic link between the basic Germanic set (exemplified by Old English eglan and egle) and the other words is tenuous. Noun Middle English eil "harm, trouble," perhaps in part going back to an Old English noun ægl, ægle, n-stem noun cognate with Gothic aglo "tribulation," derivative of a Germanic adjective agla-, whence Old English egle "grievous, painful"; in part noun derivative of Middle English eilen "to trouble, afflict" and eile "harmful, grievous" (continuing Old English egle) — more at ail entry 1 First Known Use Verb before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense Noun 13th century, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition ail verb ˈāl ailed; ailing 1 : to be wrong with What ails you? 2 : to suffer especially with ill health She has been ailing for years. Medical Definition ail transitive verb ˈā(ə)l : to affect with a disease or physical or emotional pain or discomfort what ails the patient intransitive verb : to become affected with pain or discomfort : to suffer ill health was ailing from a cold ails 1 of 2 noun plural of ail as in ailments an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning half of the staff is out sick with the usual wintertime ails Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance ailments diseases ills illnesses sicknesses conditions fevers disorders maladies infections infirmities bugs attacks complications distempers troubles plagues complaints affections distemperatures weaknesses contagious diseases contagions debilities malaises fits spells matters bouts epidemics contagia decrepitudes pests pips pestilences ails 2 of 2 verb present tense third-person singular of ail as in bothers to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy parents who were at a loss to explain what was ailing their normally vivacious daughter Synonyms & Similar Words bothers concerns worries distracts disturbs alarms plagues distresses angers haunts unsettles agitates distempers discomforts upsets disquiets annoys irritates dismays unhinges derails undoes perturbs exercises aggravates exasperates confuses frazzles vexes rattles fusses embarrasses discomposes irks riles bedevils flurries bugs weirds out alarums piques hagrides harries peeves galls chafes pesters harasses freaks (out) frets grates nettles discourages discomfits mortifies confounds flusters gets disconcerts daunts disheartens fazes dispirits demoralizes unnerves jars puts off chivvies chivies discountenances puts out shakes up abashes nonpluses nonplusses Antonyms & Near Antonyms soothes calms quiets settles allays alleviates composes assuages tranquilizes appeases pacifies mollifies placates tranquillizes propitiates conciliates See More
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ail

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Example Sentences

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