ailing | Definition of ailing

Synonyms and Antonyms of ailing

1 chronically or repeatedly suffering from poor health

when his ailing wife had to go to a nursing home, he visited her every day

Synonyms of ailing

invalid, sickly, weakly

Words Related to ailing

bedfast, bedridden

delicate, fragile, frail

dying, fading, incurable, moribund

challenged, debilitated, incapacitated, lame

decrepit, enfeebled, feeble, infirm, weak, weakened, worn-out

ill, indisposed, peaked, poorly, run-down, sick, unhealthy, unsound, unwell

Near Antonyms of ailing

able-bodied, fit, hale, hearty, sound, well-conditioned, whole, wholesome

Antonyms of ailing

2 temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body

he was ailing from some sort of infection in his eye that made it look all red and puffy

Synonyms of ailing

bad, down, ill, indisposed, peaked, peaky, poorly, punk, run-down, sick, sickened, unhealthy, unsound, unwell

Words Related to ailing

cruddy, lousy, seedy, sickish

nauseated, nauseous, qualmish, queasy (also queazy), squeamish

airsick, carsick, seasick

dizzy, light-headed, shaky, woozy

diseased, disordered

decrepit, feeble, fragile, frail, infirm, invalid, sickly, weak, weakly

afflicted, troubled

challenged, debilitated, disabled, halt, incapacitated, lame

hypochondriac, hypochondriacal

Phrases Synonymous with ailing

out of sorts, under the weather

Near Antonyms of ailing

able-bodied, conditioned, fit, well-conditioned

better, convalescing, improved, mending, recovering, recuperating, rehabilitated

hardy, hearty, lusty, robust, rugged, stalwart, strong, tough

blooming, bouncing, chipper, flourishing, flush, thriving

Antonyms of ailing

hale, healthful, healthy, sound, well, whole, wholesome