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Ail

Ail Meaning & Definition
Ail Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ail?

[n] aromatic bulb used as seasoning
[v] cause bodily suffering to
[v] be unwell, ill, or ill disposed

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ail: afflict | garlic | pain | trouble

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ail: ache | afflict | agonize | anguish | be affected with | be the matter | beset | bite | blanch | blench | bother | burn | chafe | complain of | complicate matters | concern | convulse | crucify | cut | discommode | distress | disturb | excruciate | feel ill | feel pain | feel the pangs | fester | fret | gall | give pain | gnaw | grate | grimace | grind | gripe | harass | harrow | have a misery | hurt | inconvenience | inflame | inflict pain | irk | irritate | kill by inches | labor under | lacerate | martyr | martyrize | nip | pain | perplex | perturb | pierce | pinch | plague | pother | pound | prick | prolong the agony | put out | put to it | put to torture | puzzle | rack | rankle | rasp | rub | shoot | shrink | smart | stab | sting | suffer | thrill | throb | tingle | torment | torture | trouble | try | tweak | twinge | twist | twitch | upset | vex | wince | worry | wound | wring | writhe

See Also | Allium sativum | break out | clove | disagree with | erupt | flavorer | flavoring | flavourer | flavouring | garlic clove | hurt | recrudesce | seasoner | seasoning | suffer

Ail In Webster's Dictionary

\Ail\ ([=a]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ailed} ([=a]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ailing}.] [OE. eilen, ailen, AS. eglan to trouble, pain; akin to Goth. us-agljan to distress, agls troublesome, irksome, aglo, aglitha, pain, and prob. to E. awe. [root]3.] To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man? I know not what ails him. What aileth thee, Hagar? --Gen. xxi. 17. Note: It is never used to express a specific disease. We do not say, a fever ails him; but, something ails him.
\Ail\, v. i. To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble. When he ails ever so little . . . he is so peevish. --Richardson.
\Ail\, n. Indisposition or morbid affection. --Pope.

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