ailing

ail  (l)

v. ailed, ail·ing, ails

v.intr.

To feel ill or have pain.

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.]

---

ailing [ˈeɪlɪŋ]

adj

unwell or unsuccessful

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

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.

Translations

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

ailing [ˈeɪlɪŋ] adj

[organization, economy] → malade

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

ailing

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

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