The ailing aunt let out a sigh.
Source: tatoeba (3161178)
Ailing
//ˈeɪ.lɪŋ//
Synonyms for "ailing" (39 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (19)
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Translations
35 translations across 17 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- sëmurë adj (sick)
Catalan
1 entries- malalt adj (sick)
Dutch
1 entries- ziek adj (sick)
Esperanto
1 entries- malsana adj (sick)
Estonian
2 entries- haiglane adj (sick)
- põdur adj (sick)
Finnish
1 entries- raihnas adj (sick)
French
2 entries- malade adj (sick)
- malsain adj (sick)
German
4 entries- angeschlagen adj (sick)
- dahinsiechend adj (sick)
- krank adj (sick)
- kränkelnd adj (sick)
Icelandic
1 entries- vesall adj (sick)
Ido
1 entries- malada adj (sick)
Indonesian
3 entries- celomes adj (sick)
- gering adj (sick)
- merana adj (sick)
Ingrian
1 entries- läsivä adj (sick)
Italian
2 entries- malato adj (sick)
- sofferente adj (sick)
Māori
4 entries- haumate adj (sick)
- ngātoro adj (sick)
- oke adj (sick)
- taimaha adj (sick)
Occitan
1 entries- malaut adj (sick)
Portuguese
2 entries- doente adj (sick)
- enfermo adj (sick)
Spanish
3 entries- achacoso adj (sick)
- enfermito adj (sick)
- enfermo adj (sick)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
What's ailing you?
Source: tatoeba (8656435)
Yanni left to Algiers to take care of his ailing mother.
Source: tatoeba (9796073)
The teenage girl disguised herself as a boy to look for work to feed her ailing father and small brother.
Source: tatoeba (10351350)
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