Synonyms of ails

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noun

plural of ail

as in ailments

an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning

half of the staff is out sick with the usual wintertime ails

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ailments
• diseases
• ills
• illnesses
• sicknesses
• conditions
• fevers
• disorders
• maladies
• infections
• infirmities
• bugs
• attacks
• complications
• distempers
• troubles
• plagues
• complaints
• distemperatures
• affections
• weaknesses
• contagious diseases
• contagions
• debilities
• malaises
• spells
• fits
• bouts
• matters
• epidemics
• contagia
• decrepitudes
• pests
• pips
• pestilences

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verb

present tense third-person singular of ail

as in bothers

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

parents who were at a loss to explain what was ailing their normally vivacious daughter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bothers
• worries
• concerns
• distracts
• disturbs
• alarms
• plagues
• distresses
• angers
• haunts
• unsettles
• agitates
• upsets
• distempers
• discomforts
• annoys
• disquiets
• irritates
• dismays
• unhinges
• undoes
• derails
• perturbs
• confuses
• aggravates
• exercises
• frazzles
• exasperates
• fusses
• rattles
• embarrasses
• vexes
• discomposes
• freaks (out)
• bugs
• irks
• alarums
• bedevils
• riles
• weirds out
• flurries
• hagrides
• piques
• chafes
• harasses
• harries
• pesters
• peeves
• galls
• discourages
• frets
• grates
• nettles
• discomfits
• mortifies
• chivvies
• flusters
• confounds
• disconcerts
• daunts
• disheartens
• fazes
• gets
• dispirits
• demoralizes
• puts off
• unnerves
• nonplusses
• puts out
• jars
• chivies
• discountenances
• shakes up
• abashes
• nonpluses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothes
• calms
• settles
• quiets
• composes
• alleviates
• allays
• assuages
• tranquilizes
• tranquillizes
• appeases
• pacifies
• placates
• mollifies
• propitiates
• conciliates