Related Words for ailing

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WordSyllablesCategories
sickly
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
sick
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
indisposed
xx/
Verb, Adjective
ill
/
Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
poorly
/x
Verb, Adverb, Adjective
unwell
x/
Adjective, Adjective
peaked
/
Adjective, Adjective
beleaguered
x/x
Adjective
moribund
/xx
Noun
faltering
/xx
Adjective
ailment
/x
Noun
debilitated
x/xxx
Adjective
crippled
/x
Verb
comatose
/xx
Adjective
embattled
x/x
Adjective
diseased
x/
Adjective
aging
/x
Noun
enfeebled
x/x
Adjective
troubling
/xx
Adjective
deteriorating
x/xxxx
Verb
elderly
/xx
Adjective
afflicting
x/x
Adjective
beloved
x/
Adjective
decrepit
x/x
Adjective
wayward
/x
Adjective
hapless
/x
Adjective
recuperating
x/xxx
Verb
struggling
/xx
Verb
bedridden
/xx
Adjective
dying
/x
Verb
impoverished
x/x
Adjective
downtrodden
x/x
Noun
stricken
/x
Adjective
floundering
/xx
Noun
revitalize
x/xx
Verb
malady
/xx
Noun
fledgling
/x
Noun
geriatric
xx/x
Name
underperforming
/xxxx
Adjective
rejuvenate
x/xx
Verb
frail
/
Adjective
arthritic
x/x
Adjective
reviving
x/x
Verb
tubercular
xxxx
Adjective
battered
/x
Adjective
erstwhile
/x
Noun
plight
/
Noun
infirm
x/
Noun
poor
/
Adjective, Noun
overworked
xx/
Adjective
decaying
x/x
Verb
rehabilitating
xx/xxx
Verb
recalcitrant
x/xx
Adjective
languishing
/xx
Adjective
hurting
/x
Verb
reinvigorate
xx/xx
Verb
ravaged
/x
Adjective
wretched
/x
Adjective
dilapidated
x/xxx
Adjective
anemic
x/x
Adjective
burgeoning
/xx
Verb
lameness
/x
Noun
affliction
x/x
Noun
plaguing
/x
Verb
limp
/
Adjective
bane
/
Noun
taint
/
Noun
erring
/x
Adjective
hitch
/
Noun
injury
/xx
Noun
malaise
x/
Noun
harm
/
Noun
malfunctioning
x/xx
Noun
ungainly
x/x
Adjective
vice
/
Noun
problem
/x
Noun
sore
/
Adjective
mire
/
Noun
maim
/
Noun
curse
/
Noun
lamenting
x/x
Verb
amiss
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
harrowing
/xx
Noun
albatross
/xx
Noun
insult
x/
Noun
incurable
x/xx
Adjective
unfortunate
x/xx
Adjective
heel
/
Noun
loafing
/x
Noun
headache
/x
Noun
foreboding
x/x
Noun
unease
x/
Noun
misadventure
xx/x
Noun
levant
x/
Name
mishap
/x
Noun
bind
/
Noun
shambling
/xx
Verb
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
adultery
x/xx
Noun
nuisance
/x
Noun
loser
/x
Noun
lapse
/
Noun
ill effect
/x/
Phrase, Noun
paralytic
xx/x
Adjective
gall
/
Noun
sully
/x
Name
fatal
/x
Adjective
diminishing
x/xx
Verb
calamity
x/xx
Noun
issue
/x
Noun
situation
xx/x
Noun
lying
/x
Verb
fault
/
Noun
wasting
/x
Noun
falling out
/x/
Phrase, Noun
illiterate
x/xx
Adjective
annoying
x/x
Adjective
indisposition
xxx/x
Noun
dejection
x/x
Noun
laches
/x
Noun
stain
/
Noun
predicament
x/xx
Noun
thing
/
Noun
misery
/xx
Noun
yeltsin
/x
Name
roosevelt
/xx
Name
aunt
/
Noun
giant
/x
Noun
parent
/x
Noun
pope
/
Noun
grandmother
/xx
Noun
monarch
/x
Noun
premier
x/
Noun
implant
x/
Noun
spouse
/
Noun
patriarch
/xx
Noun
dictator
x/x
Noun
cow
/
Noun
king
/
Noun
relative
/xx
Noun
economy
x/xx
Noun
mother
/x
Noun
widow
/x
Noun
calf
/
Noun
industry
/xx
Noun
senator
/xx
Noun
company
/xx
Noun
president
/xx
Noun
child
/
Noun
emperor
/xx
Noun
queen
/
Noun
bishop
/x
Noun
wife
/
Noun
adored
x/
Noun
adverse
x/
Adjective
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
bereaved
x/
Adjective
bumpy
/x
Adjective
crumbling
/xx
Adjective, Noun
deadlocked
/x
Adjective
deceased
x/
Adjective, Noun
deceived
x/
Noun
defaulting
x/x
Noun
depressed
x/
Adjective
destitute
/xx
Adjective, Verb
disgraced
x/
Adjective
distraught
x/
Adjective
distressed
x/
Adjective
exiled
/x
Adjective
failing
/x
Noun
flagging
/x
Adjective, Noun
harassed
x/
Adjective
humiliated
x/xxx
Adjective
insolvent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
ling
/
Noun
needy
/x
Adjective
nonperforming
xx/x
Adjective
patient
/x
Noun, Adjective
shaky
/x
Adjective
slain
/
Noun
sluggish
/x
Adjective
staggering
/xx
Adjective, Noun
stalled
/
Noun
strained
/
Adjective
stumbling
/xx
Noun
suffering
/xx
Noun, Adjective
undesirable
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
unhealthy
x/x
Adjective
unloved
x/
Adjective
weak
/
Adjective
weakened
/x
Adjective
worried
/x
Adjective
wronged
/
Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb