Ailing

//ˈeɪ.lɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An ailment.

    "When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of ail form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Sickly; sick; ill; unwell.

    "She cared for her ailing brother day in, day out."

Adjective
  1. 1
    somewhat ill or prone to illness wordnet

Synonyms

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illbadbadbelow pardiseaseddown

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"The ailing aunt let out a sigh."

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