ail

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
2. (intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.

Noun

An ailment; trouble; illness.

Adj

Painful; troublesome.

Noun

The awn of barley or other types of corn.

Synonyms

trouble

suffer

hurt

be ill

pain

endure

be sick

fret

garlic

🧄

afflict

rankle

beset

hassle

discommode

bear

🐻

sustain

put up with

sick

🤢

injure

infest

abide

pester

vex

bother

entrench

encroach upon

eat

🍽️

beleaguer

dun

disturb

bedevil

infringe

inflict

devil

admit

accept

🉑

derange

crucify

badger

🦡

ill

🤢

contravene

heckle

impinge

incommode

inconvenience

bullyrag

annoy

infract

ache

harry

Translations

ενοχλώ

sufrir

souffrir

kränkeln

schelen

πονώ

πάσχω

leiden

ertragen

🐻

kränklich sein

sofrir

dulden

erdulden

plagen

patir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/eɪl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: eilen

Inherited from Old English: eġlan

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽

Inherited from Middle English: eile

Inherited from Old English: eġl

Cognate with German: Achel

In summary

Inherited from Middle English eilen, from Old English eġlan, eġlian (“to trouble, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną (“to trouble, vex”), cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (agljan, “to distress”).