Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Sickness; indisposition.
  • Not well; indisposed.
  • Synonyms Unwell, etc. See sick.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective sick; unhealthy. Opposite of well or healthy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An ailment.
  • verb Present participle of to ail.
  • adjective sickly

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective somewhat ill or prone to illness

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Examples

  • But with Martin ailing and the rest of his teammates flailing, he was virtually a one-man show and ran out of gas in the fourth quarter, failing to make a basket.

    USATODAY.com 2003

  • But with Martin ailing and the rest of his teammates flailing, he was virtually a one-man show and ran out of gas in the fourth quarter, failing to make a basket.

    USATODAY.com 2003

  • When I last passed by there some years ago it seemed to be ailing, which is why I say "used to be".

    Jean's Knitting Jean 2009

  • In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released last week, 42 percent of registered voters named the ailing economy as their most pressing concern, almost twice the amount that named Iraq - the second most important issue.

    Poll shows Obama with economy edge 2008

  • SPHERE OF INFLUENCE: Nearly every profile of Redstone seems required to make a King Lear allusion, with the mogul frequently described as ailing and impulsive.

    Sumner Redstone: Vanity Fair 2008

  • ROBERTSON: Later that day in the Kurdish capital Erbil, Gasso (ph) calls his ailing father in London.

    CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2004 2004

  • This home of the injured and ailing, which is in the mind of so many of the people gathered together, is indeed the cord that draws and binds the city and the village closest together and makes the two like one.

    A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs 1881

  • This community has been struggling with the idea of ailing ...

    unknown title 2009

  • This community has been struggling with the idea of ailing ...

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  • Echoing the sentiment of taxpayers, the president on Monday called the ailing insurance giant's plans to dole out $165 million in bonuses an "outrage" and said he would attempt to block the additional compensation.

    WIBW - HomePage - Headlines 2009

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  • Ailment is the noun.

    August 8, 2010

  • ail can also be a noun.

    August 8, 2010