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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ail /eɪl/USA pronunciation v. - to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to:[~ + object]What ails you, child?
- Pathology[no object] to be unwell;
feel pain;
be ill: She's been ailing ever since she was bitten by that deer tick.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ail (āl),USA pronunciation v.t. - to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
v.i. - Pathologyto be unwell;
feel pain;
be ill:He's been ailing for some time.
- bef. 950; Middle English ail, eilen, Old English eglan to afflict (cognate with Middle Low German egelen annoy, Gothic -agljan), derivative of egle painful; akin to Gothic agls shameful, Sanskrit aghám evil, pain
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bother, annoy, distress.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ail /eɪl/ vb - (transitive) to trouble; afflict
- (intransitive) to feel unwell
Etymology: Old English eglan to trouble, from egle troublesome, painful, related to Gothic agls shameful |