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Synonyms for ailing
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : ey-ling |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈeɪ lɪŋ |
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Définition of ailing
Origin :- c.1300, from Old English eglan "to trouble, plague, afflict," from Proto-Germanic *azljaz (cf. 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- "to be depressed, be afraid." Related: Ailed; ailing; ails.
- 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]
- adj not feeling well
- She had been ailing for a month, and now she was down with a temperature.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The joy of the meeting was making them forget the ailing stranger.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- He was decorated again and given the battlewagon of an ailing four-striper.
- Extract from : « The Adventurer » by Cyril M. Kornbluth
- At all events, she had for some time been ailing, and had finally been removed to the hospital.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- Then, on hearing that his mother was ailing, even in danger, he become serious and anxious.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- I must lift the ailing bit of timber to the stool with caution.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan
- The aged and ailing were his almost worshippers, for he had made their wants his daily care.
- Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles
- The first question he asks when told that a calf is ailing, is, "How old is it?"
- Extract from : « Cattle and Cattle-breeders » by William M'Combie
- Constance was ailing for a year, and was a source of care, of pain to me, as to her mother.
- Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
- Let us live happily then, free from ailments among the ailing!
- Extract from : « The Dhammapada » by Unknown
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