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.

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

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ailing

Adjective

unwell or unsuccessful over a long period: an ailing company

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"

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ailing

adjective 1. weak, failing, poor, flawed, unstable, feeble, unsatisfactory, deficient, unsound

adjective 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

Translations

ailing [ˈeɪlɪŋ] adj [person, economy] → enfermizo

ailing [ˈeɪlɪŋ] adj [person] → souffreteux(euse); [economy] → malade

ailing [ˈeɪlɪŋ] adj → kränklich;

(economy, industry etc) → krank

ailing [ˈeɪlɪŋ] adj → sofferente;

(fig) [economy, industry etc] → in difficoltà