Ailment
/ˈeɪlmənt/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.
"He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school. He hadn't the faintest idea what to with a cold in the head, he just took quinine and continued to blow his nose."
- 2 an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"The doctor said that this ailment is incurable."
Etymology
From ail + -ment.