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Synonyms & Antonyms of ailing
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
chronically or repeatedly suffering from poor health
- when his ailing wife had to go to a nursing home, he visited her every day
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2
temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body
- he was ailing from some sort of infection in his eye that made it look all red and puffy
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ailing
verb
present participle of ail
Synonyms & Antonyms of ailing (Entry 2 of 2)
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
- parents who were at a loss to explain what was ailing their normally vivacious daughter
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- agitating,
- alarming
- (also alaruming),
- bothering,
- concerning,
- derailing,
- discomforting,
- discomposing,
- dismaying,
- disquieting,
- distempering,
- distracting,
- distressing,
- disturbing,
- exercising,
- flurrying,
- frazzling,
- freaking (out),
- fussing,
- hagriding,
- perturbing,
- undoing,
- unhinging,
- unsettling,
- upsetting,
- weirding out,
- worrying
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- aggravating,
- angering,
- annoying,
- bugging,
- chafing,
- chivying
- (or chivvying),
- exasperating,
- fretting,
- galling,
- getting,
- grating,
- harassing,
- harrying,
- irking,
- irritating,
- nettling,
- peeving,
- pestering,
- piquing,
- putting off,
- putting out,
- riling,
- vexing
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- calming,
- composing,
- quieting,
- settling,
- soothing,
- tranquilizing
- (also tranquillizing)
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The first known use of ailing was in 1598
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