to ail
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4.6
- verb
- /eɪl/
:
afectar
- There's no medicine can cure what ails me.
- ailing economy
- ailing system
- fix what ails
I mean, that's basically the solution, the antidote for what ails our modern Western society.
- I mean, that's basically the solution, the antidote for what ails our modern Western society.
- It's I mean, so much of what ails us is a story of bad incentives, right?
- Is Ozempic the answer to not only what ails us about how we look, but about how we feel?
- They, they want the belief that this is what ails us as society and I wish that was true.
- We talk about his community work and ecological conservation, the inherent power of love to heal, what ails us, and many other topics.
- We have to understand, to understand so much of what ails modern society, we have to understand gut health.
- So what ails us is we don't know the difference between pleasure and fulfillment and contentment.
- And I was hoping to hear you expand on that a bit because I think it might be good medicine for a lot of what ails me.
- Do we learn more about what ails our country now from libertarian authors or from Plato and Tocqueville?
- And so much of what ails us was was whinged about in that book by Alan Bloom.
- They're, they're higher rates of all that ails us in, in populations that are exposed to, to situations that can make fear or terror.
Examples
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It's good for what ails you.
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The guide comes with advice from four experts about how to fix what ails you.
Academic text (2016) -
What the hell ails you?
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But as long as we could be together, nothing ever ailed me.
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Doctor Julia's got just the cure for what ails you.
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Everything ails me.
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What ails the man?
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What ails him?
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What ails you?
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The medication is meant to ail your headache quickly.
Synonyms
99
4.8
To make someone feel sick or have pain in the body
71
6.0
Cause pain or trouble to people, animals and places
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1.1
To make someone feel physical hurt
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7.3
To cause someone to feel very strong pain or worry
Antonyms
How Harmed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ail (to cause pain or trouble) is related to the everyday word ailment, which means 'sickness'. Think of it as giving someone a small, nagging problem that makes them unwell, and that is why to 'ail' someone is to trouble or hurt them.