ail

Meaning

Verb

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

be ill

suffer

hurt

be sick

endure

pain

garlic

🧄

sick

🤢

discommode

injure

bear

🐻

bother

sustain

abide

hassle

afflict

vex

beset

fret

pester

infest

put up with

rankle

get

get to

harass

harry

heckle

ill

🤢

impinge

incommode

inconvenience

inflict

infract

infringe

insult

irk

ken

knead

matter

molest

mortify

nag

niggle

offend

plague

pother

receive

slight

slur

smart

smite

tease

be indisposed

be poorly

trespass

twinge

violate

weigh

worry

wound

be ailing

be feverish

feel sick

feel unwell

get ill

get sick

grate on

have a fever

jar on

lie sick

eld

abuse

have pain

eat on

be in ill-health

be out-of-sorts

be seedy

be unhealthy

whole

have bad health

accept

🉑

accredit

ache

admit

aggrieve

anguish

annoy

badger

🦡

bedevil

beleaguer

blackguard

bullyrag

contravene

crucify

derange

devil

disturb

dun

eat

🍽️

encroach upon

entrench

ferret

gall

Pronounced as (IPA)

/eɪl/

Etymology

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”).