Synonyms of ail

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noun

as in disease

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

• disease
• ailment
• illness
• ill
• condition
• fever
• sickness
• disorder
• malady
• infection
• attack
• bug
• infirmity
• distemper
• trouble
• plague
• complaint
• complication
• affection
• distemperature
• contagion
• debility
• contagious disease
• feebleness
• unsoundness
• lameness
• bout
• pestilence
• epidemic
• spell
• fit
• sickliness
• malaise
• unwellness
• matter
• weakness
• contagium
• unhealthiness
• decrepitude
• pip
• pest
• frailness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• health
• wellness
• soundness
• fitness
• wholeness
• wholesomeness
• robustness
• shape
• heartiness
• healthiness
• fettle

ail

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verb

as in to bother

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

• bother
• alarm
• disturb
• concern
• worry
• distract
• anger
• plague
• distress
• agitate
• unsettle
• annoy
• haunt
• upset
• discomfort
• discompose
• perturb
• disquiet
• irritate
• exercise
• distemper
• dismay
• derail
• unhinge
• undo
• freak (out)
• confuse
• embarrass
• rattle
• flurry
• weird out
• exasperate
• alarum
• irk
• aggravate
• fuss
• bug
• vex
• hagride
• frazzle
• rile
• put off
• harass
• chafe
• put out
• discourage
• pester
• fret
• grate
• harry
• bedevil
• pique
• nettle
• discountenance
• gall
• mortify
• discomfit
• confound
• chivy
• shake up
• disconcert
• abash
• fluster
• daunt
• dispirit
• get
• jar
• faze
• chivvy
• dishearten
• peeve
• unnerve
• demoralize
• nonplus

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settle
• soothe
• compose
• calm
• quiet
• alleviate
• allay
• assuage
• tranquillize
• tranquilize
• conciliate
• appease
• placate
• propitiate
• pacify
• mollify