ail as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
- 2
ail
noun
1 ail
Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
synonym: garlic.
Dutch: knoflook
Polish: czosnek
verb
1 ail
Be ill or unwell.
Roget 655:
be ill
etc.
adj.;
ail,
suffer,
labor under,
be affected with,
complain of,
have;
droop,
flag,
languish,
halt;
sicken,
peak,
pine;
gasp.
keep one's bed;
feign sickness
etc.
(falsehood)
544.
lay by,
lay up;
take a disease,
catch a disease
etc.
n.,
catch an infection;
break out.
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Roget 828:
feel pain,
suffer pain,
experience pain,
undergo pain,
bear pain,
endure pain
etc.
n.,
smart,
ache
etc.
(physical pain)
378;
suffer,
bleed,
ail;
be the victim of.
labor under afflictions;
bear the cross;
quaff the bitter cup,
have a bad time of it;
fall on evil days
etc.
(adversity)
735;
go hard with,
come to grief,
fall a sacrifice to,
drain the cup of misery to the dregs,
sup full of horrors"
[Macbeth].
sit on thorns,
be on pins and needles,
wince,
fret,
chafe,
worry oneself,
be in a taking,
fret and fume;
take on,
take to heart;
cark†.
grieve;
mourn
etc.
(lament)
839;
yearn,
repine,
pine,
droop,
languish,
sink;
give way;
despair
etc.
859;
break one's heart;
weigh upon the heart
etc.
(inflict pain)
830.
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Dutch: mankeren, sukkelen
2 ail
Cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed.
synonyms: pain, trouble.
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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