ailing
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ailing
- /ˈeɪ.lɪŋ/
Rhymes with -eɪlɪŋ
noun ailings
- 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
- present participle and gerund of ail
adjective more ailing · most ailing
- Sickly; sick; ill; unwell. She cared for her ailing brother day in, day out.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: indisposed, sick, sickly, unwell, ill, poorly, peaked, infirm, diseased, frail, depressed, unhealthy, failing, weak, suffering, sluggish
Translations
Talk about this word "ailing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ailing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ailing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ailing "ailing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ailing.Cite this
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title = {ailing},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ailing},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
