ailing

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ail

(āl)

v. ailed, ail·ing, ails

v.intr.

To feel ill or have pain: has been ailing for weeks.

v.tr.

To cause physical or mental pain or uneasiness to; trouble. See Synonyms at trouble.

[Middle English eilen, from Old English eglian, from egle, troublesome.]

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ailing

(ˈeɪlɪŋ)

adj

unwell or unsuccessful

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Adj.

ailing - somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work"

indisposed, peaked, poorly, under the weather, unwell, sickly, seedy

ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"

ailing

adjective

1. weak, failing, poor, flawed, unstable, feeble, unsatisfactory, deficient, unsound A rise in overseas sales is good news for the ailing economy.

2. ill, suffering, poorly, diseased, sick, weak, crook (Austral. & N.Z. informal), feeble, invalid, debilitated, sickly, unwell, infirm, off colour, under the weather (informal), indisposed She stopped working to care for her ailing mother.

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ailing

adjective

Affected or tending to be affected with minor health problems:

indisposed, low, mean, off-color, rocky, sickly.

Idiom: under the weather.

Translations

enfermo

malade malsain

malaticcio

ailing

[ˈeɪlɪŋ] ADJ [person] → enfermo, achacoso; [industry, economy] → debilitado

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ailing

[ˈeɪlɪŋ] adj

[organization, economy] → malade

(old-fashioned) (= ill) [person] → souffrant(e)

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ailing

adj (lit) → kränklich, kränkelnd; (fig) industry, economy etc → krankend, krank

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ailing

[ˈeɪlɪŋ] adj → infermo/a, sofferente; (fig, economy, industry) → in difficoltà

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ailing

a. achacoso-a, enfermizo-a.

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