Definitions for ailing
ail·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ailingnoun

   An ailment.

2. ailingverb

   Present participle of to ail.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ailingparticipial adj.

   Sickly; full of complaints.

   Etymology: from To ail.

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ailing

   of Ail

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Anagrams for ailing »

1. nilgai

2. angili

How to pronounce ailing?

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How to say ailing in sign language?

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. 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.

3. 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.

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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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ailing
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ailing
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ailing
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ailing
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ailing