Ailing
['eɪlɪŋ] or ['elɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
Edited by Jason--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ail
Checker: Salvatore
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Sickly, sick, ill, indisposed, unwell, diseased, feeble, languishing, unhealthy.
Edited by Antony
Examples
- This was Susan herself, occupied in preparing a posset for her little boy, who, often ailing, was now seriously unwell. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Mrs. Boucher was very ill; really ill--not merely ailing. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- George accepted the invitation, although his wife was a little ailing. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Well, after years of ailing, the doctor has at last given her up, and she is dying slowly day by day. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- How are you ailing? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She has become rather more interesting by being ailing of late, which has brought a new visitor to the Hall, in the person of a young doctor. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Weak and ailing people were heartened and healed by his presence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This poor ailing little creature has come to be what she is, surrounded by drunken people from her cradle--if she ever had one, Charley. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But never a word of the Vicar's being ailing! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I'm but an ailing creature mysel'--I've been ailing this long time. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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