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ail·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedyadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. ailingnoun

    An ailment.

  2. ailingverb

    Present participle of to ail.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Ailingparticipial adj.

    Sickly; full of complaints.

    Etymology: from To ail.

ChatGPT

  1. ailing

    Ailing refers to someone or something that is in poor health, suffering from illness or experiencing ongoing issues and difficulties. It is frequently used to describe physical health problems, but can also be used metaphorically, such as for a company or business that's struggling.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ailing

    of Ail

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Anagrams for AILING »

  1. nilgai

  2. angili

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of AILING in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of AILING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of AILING in a Sentence

  1. Kiryl Sukhotski:

    All our staff understand they ca n’t go back to Russia, they still have families there. They still have ailing parents there. We have people who were not able to go to their parents ’ funerals in the past year.

  2. Queen Victoria:

    When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl -- and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to -- which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.

  3. Craig Johnson:

    Paced by the' Big Four' mega-retailers — Walmart, Amazon, Costco, and Target — Super Saturday was boosted by the best traffic our team has seen in years, the spending momentum was so strong that even the long-ailing department stores had their best weekend of the season.

  4. Wolfango Piccoli:

    The move highlights, once again, that credit growth rather than a comprehensive package of structural reforms remains the government's preferred approach to support Turkey's ailing economy.

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    a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
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