Definition of ailing Ailing

/ejˈlɪŋ/ - [eyling] - ail•ing

We found 4 definitions of ailing from 4 different sources.

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What does ailing mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

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, sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy
  ill, sick presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
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  • ailing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
    of Ail

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  • ailing
    Unsound or troubled.

Pronunciation

Word frequency

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Sign Language

ailing in sign language
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