ailing (adj.)

"sick, ill, suffering," 1590s, present-participle adjective from ail (v.).

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c. 1300, from Old English eglan "to trouble, plague, afflict," from Proto-Germanic *azljaz (source also of Old English egle "hideous, loathsome, troublesome, painful;" Gothic agls "shameful, disgraceful," agliþa "distress, affliction, hardship," us-agljan "to oppress, afflict"), from PIE *agh-lo-, suffixed form of root *agh- (1) "to be depressed, be afraid." Related: Ailed; ailing; ails. From late Old English also of mental states and moods.

It is remarkable, that this word is never used but with some indefinite term, or the word no thing; as What ails him? ... Thus we never say, a fever ails him. [Johnson]

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Definitions of ailing

ailing (adj.)

somewhat ill or prone to illness;

my poor ailing grandmother

Synonyms: indisposed / peaked / poorly / sickly / unwell / under the weather / seedy

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Dictionary entries near ailing

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aikido

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ailanthus

aileron

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ailment

ailurophile

ailurophobia

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