ailing

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A0155300 (āl)v. ailed, ail·ing, ails v.intr. To feel ill or have pain: has been ailing for weeks.v.tr. To cause physical or mental pain or uneasiness to; trouble. See Synonyms at trouble.

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[Middle English eilen, from Old English eglian, from egle, troublesome.]

ailing

(ˈeɪlɪŋ) adjunwell or unsuccessful

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

ailing - somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work"indisposed, peaked, poorly, under the weather, unwell, sickly, seedyill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"

ailing

adjective1. weak, failing, poor, flawed, unstable, feeble, unsatisfactory, deficient, unsound A rise in overseas sales is good news for the ailing economy.2. ill, suffering, poorly, diseased, sick, weak, crook (Austral. & N.Z. informal), feeble, invalid, debilitated, sickly, unwell, infirm, off colour, under the weather (informal), indisposed She stopped working to care for her ailing mother.

ailing

adjectiveAffected or tending to be affected with minor health problems:indisposed, low, mean, off-color, rocky, sickly.Idiom: under the weather.

Translations

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