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Definition: Ailing |
AilingAdjective1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ailing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: AilingSynonyms: indisposed (adj), peaked(p) (adj), poorly(p) (adj), sickly (adj), unwell (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disease | Noun: disease; illness, sickness; Adjective: ailing; " all the ills that flesh is heir to "; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; complaint, disorder, malady; distemper, distemperature. |
Adjective: diseased; ailing; Verb: ill, ill of; taken ill, seized with; indisposed, unwell, sick, squeamish, poorly, seedy; affected with illness, afflicted with illness; laid up, confined, bedridden, invalided, in hospital, on the sick list; out of health, out of sorts; under the weather; valetudinary. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ailing |
| English words defined with "ailing": indisposed ♦ peaked, poorly ♦ Sick room, sickly ♦ unwell. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ailing": animal shelter supervisor ♦ HURA CREPITANS ♦ King ♦ SUPERVISOR, KENNEL ♦ UNION. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Baby Betty Rothwell loves her orange juice. She was very thin and ailing until lend-lease concentrated orange juice arrived in England for special distribution to children, nursing mothers and invalids. With the juice added to her wartime diet, she soon b. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Furthermore, the fact that many Korean energy companies are ailing indicates that a significant number bidding for Korea’s power generation units will be foreign. (references) | |
Economic History | Jamaica | The government now is trying to develop strategies to preserve the viability of the ailing sugar industry. (references) |
Dominican Rep | The decision to capitalize ailing state enterprises (electricity, airport management, sugar) attracted substantial foreign capital to these sectors. (references) | |
Malaysia | Danamodal, a special purpose vehicle established in August 1998 to recapitalize ailing financial institutions, has injected a total of RM7.1 billion (U.S.$1.9 billion) into 10 banking institutions. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Such labor includes family-oriented work where children are made to look after younger siblings or ailing parents and grandparents at the expense of their schooling. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of. A king, in times long, long gone by, Said to his lazy jester: "If I were you and you were I My moments merrily would fly -- Nor care nor grief to pester." "The reason, Sire, that you would thrive," The fool said -- "if you'll hear it -- Is that of all the fools alive Who own you for their sovereign, I've The most forgiving spirit." Oogum Bem KING'S :EVIL:, n. A malady that was formerly cured by the touch of the sovereign, but has now to be treated by the physicians. Thus 'the most pious Edward" of England used to lay his royal hand upon the ailing subjects and make them whole -- a crowd of wretched souls That stay his cure: their malady convinces The great essay of art; but at his touch, Such sanctity hath Heaven given his hand, They presently amend, as the "Doctor" in Macbeth hath it. This useful property of the royal hand could, it appears, be transmitted along with other crown properties; for according to "Malcolm," 'tis spoken To the succeeding royalty he leaves The healing benediction. But the gift somewhere dropped out of the line of succession: the later sovereigns of England have not been tactual healers, and the disease once honored with the name "king's evil" now bears the humbler one of "scrofula," from scrofa, a sow. The date and author of the following epigram are known only to the author of this dictionary, but it is old enough to show that the jest about Scotland's national disorder is not a thing of yesterday. Ye Kynge his evill in me laye, Wh. he of Scottlande charmed awaye. He layde his hand on mine and sayd: "Be gone!" Ye ill no longer stayd. But O ye wofull plyght in wh. I'm now y-pight: I have ye itche! The superstition that maladies can be cured by royal taction is dead, but like many a departed conviction it has left a monument of custom to keep its memory green. The practice of forming a line and shaking the President's hand had no other origin, and when that great dignitary bestows his healing salutation on strangely visited people, All swoln and ulcerous, pitiful to the eye, The mere despair of surgery, he and his patients are handing along an extinguished torch which once was kindled at the altar-fire of a faith long held by all classes of men. It is a beautiful and edifying "survival" -- one which brings the sainted past close home in our "business and bosoms." |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Lawrence Lindsey | Well, I sold my stock in part because I have three kids, and at that point I had an ailing mother-in-law who had just moved in with us. I couldn't afford to have money anywhere but where it was safe. I couldn't take any chances. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Record numbers of Americans are providing for aging or ailing loved ones at home. |
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| "Ailing" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 72.38% of the time. "Ailing" is used about 105 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 72.38% | 76 | 38,217 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 26.67% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.95% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 105 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ailing": ailing bank ♦ be ailing ♦ what is ailing you?. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ailing": long-ailing, now-ailing, politically-ailing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ailing | 3 |
ailing zhang | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ailing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | bekwaald (barely, hardly, only, only just, scarcely). (various references) | |
Albanian | i sëmurë (bad, case, compulsive, diseased, down, ill, invalid, morbid, noisome, pathological, patient, seedy, sick, sufferer, unhealthy, unsound, unwell). (various references) | |
Arabic | منحرف الصحة (indisposed, sickly, unwell), معتل (invalid, sick, unhealthy), مريض (diseased, ill, inmate, invalid, sick, sick list, sickly, sufferer, unhealthy, unsound, unwell). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | болнав (cachectic, delicate, invalid, pimping, poorly, punk, sickly, unhealthy, unwell, valetudinarian, valetudinary, weakly), болен (bad, diseased, ill, invalid, patient, punk, sick, unhealthy, unsound, unwell), боледуващ. (various references) | |
Chinese | 衰弱 (Feeble, languish, Languished, Languishing). (various references) | |
Czech | churavý (ill, indisposed, poorly, sick, valetudinary). (various references) | |
Dutch | ziekelýk (not well, upset), sukkelend, sukkelachtig. (various references) | |
Esperanto | malsani (be ailing). (various references) | |
Finnish | sairaalloinen (infirm, sickly), raihnainen (decrepit, sickly), kivulloinen (sickly). (various references) | |
German | leidend (idiopathic, languishingly, plaintive, stricken, suffering, sufferingly), kränkelnd (valetudinarian). (various references) | |
Greek | πάσχων, ασθενήσ (feckless, ill, infirm, patient, piping, pithless, sick, unwell). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חול י (morbid, sick, sickly, unhealthy, weakly). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fájó (aching, sore, suffering), beteg (a patient, bad, be ill, be poorly, crook, dicky, diseased, ill, invalid, patient, sick, to be ill, to be out of health, to be under the weather, to feel crummy, to feel ill, unsound, unwell). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sakit-sakitan (aching). (various references) | |
Italian | malaticcio (poorly, sickly, unhealthy). (various references) | |
Manx | aslayntagh (ill, unfit, unhealthy). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ailingay.(various references) | |
Polish | chorować (be ailing). (various references) | |
Portuguese | indisposto (cross, ill, ill-affected, indisposed, livery, off-color, off-colour, poorly, uncomfortable, unwell), doente (broken, diseased, ecstatic, ill, ill-founded, invalid, patient, sick, sickly, unhealthy, unsound, weak-kneed). (various references) | |
Romanian | suferind (suffering, unwell), maladiv (sickly, tender, unhealthy), indispus (distempered, hipped, in a pet, indisposed, Moody, out of order, out of temper, poorly, queer, seedy, unwell, upset), bolnav (afflicted, bad, below the mark, deranged, diseased, ill, invalid, negativist, off the hinges, painful, patient, shaky, sick, suffering, unwell). (various references) | |
Russian | больной (apoplectic, case, diseased, ill, inmate, out of health, patient, sick, sore). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bolan (aching, dolorous, excruciating, grievous, pained, painful, sore). (various references) | |
Spanish | enfermo (diseased, ill, inmate, invalid, laid up, sick, sickly, sufferer, suffering, tacky, troubled, unfit, unhealthy, unsound, unwell, weak). (various references) | |
Swedish | sjuklig (diseased, distempered, infirm, invalid, morbid, pathological, sickly, unhealthy, unsound, valetudinarian, valetudinary, wan). (various references) | |
Turkish | rahatsız (bad, comfortless, constrained, diseased, disturbed, ill, in bad health, incommodious, indisposed, out of sorts, poorly, queer, seedy, sick, troubled, uncomfortable, uneasy, unrestful, unwell, worrisome), keyifsiz (blue, cheerless, dejected, dispirited, doleful, down, humorless, humourless, in the doldrums, indisposed, mean, off color, off colour, out of humor, out of humour, out of sorts, poor spirited, poorly, queer, seedy, sick, under the weather, unwell), hasta (buff, case, client, diseased, fan, fanatical, ill, in bad health, invalid, patient, poorly, sick, sufferer, under the weather, unsound, unwell, valetudinarian, valetudinary, weakly). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | хворий (aching, case, dicky, diseased, ill, invalid, pasty, poorly, sick, sickish, sickly, sore, stricken), кволість (exility, frailty, lassitude, washiness), кволий (bedrid, crocky, dicky, feeble, fey, languid, nerveless, powerless, puny, ramshackle, silly, spindly, washy, weakly), нездужання (ail, ailment, distemper, indisposition, malaise, queasiness, theism), нездоров'я (ailment, malaise), нездоровий (decadent, feverish, indisposed, insalubrious, noisome, noxious, off color, off colour, sickly, unfit, unsound, unwell, unwholesome, useless). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự khó ở (all-overishness, discomfort), sự ốm đau, khó ở (nohow, poorly, seedily, unwell), ốm đau. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "ailing": airmailing, assailing, availing, bailing, bewailing, blackmailing, boardsailing, bobtailing, brailing, cocktailing, countervailing, curtailing, derailing, detailing, disentailing, dovetailing, emailing, engrailing, entailing, failing, fishtailing, flailing, greenmailing, hailing, handrailing, hightailing, hobnailing, jailing, mailing, nailing, outsailing, parasailing, prevailing, quailing, railing, reassailing, reavailing, remailing, renailing, resailing, retailing, sailing, snailing, tailing, toenailing, trailing, travailing, unavailing, unfailing, unnailing, vailing. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ailing": boardsailings, failingly, failings, handrailings, mailings, parasailings, railings, retailings, sailings, tailings, unavailingly, unavailingness, unavailingnesses, unfailingly. (additional references) | |
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"Ailing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aahing, aibling, ailien, ailint, aillen, aining, aisling, aliegn, aling, allin, Apling, Aulin, Aupling, ayling, Aylings, azilian, daitling, Ialign, iling, vailing, xilinx. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ailing" (pronounced ā"ling) |
| 4 | ā" l i ng | assailing, bailing, baling, curtailing, derailing, detailing, entailing, failing, flailing, Grayling, hailing, inhaling, jailing, mailing, nailing, prevailing, railing, regaling, sailing, scaling, surveilling, tailing, trailing, unavailing, unfailing, unveiling, veiling, wailing, whaling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | annealing, appalling, appealing, ambling, angling, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unwilling, waffling, waggling, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: nilgai. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-i-l-n" | |
-1 letter: algin, align, liang, ligan, linga. | |
-2 letters: agin, anil, gain, glia, ilia, inia, lain, lang, ling, nail. | |
-3 letters: ail, ain, ani, gal, gan, gin, lag, lin, nag, nil. | |
-4 letters: ag, ai, al, an, in, la, li, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-i-l-n" | |
+1 letter: alining, bailing, dialing, failing, gliadin, hailing, intagli, jailing, lairing, mailing, nailing, nilgais, nilghai, railing, sailing, tailing, vailing, vialing, wailing. | |
+2 letters: alibiing, aliening, aligning, anviling, availing, brailing, caviling, claiming, dialings, dialling, dilating, emailing, failings, flailing, gainlier, gingival, glairing, gliadine, gliadins, gloxinia, gonidial, imaginal, impaling, inguinal, inhaling, inlacing, inlaying, intaglio, liaising, ligating, ligation, litigant, logician, mailings, miauling, misalign, nilghais, original, pignolia, plaining, plaiting, quailing, railings, ringtail, rivaling, sailings, snailing, tailings, trailing, vialling, vigilant, virginal. | |
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