ail

About 0.99 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Aimele.
2. verb To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)

   Have some chicken soup. It's good for what ails you.

3. verb To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
4. noun An ailment; trouble; illness.
5. adjective Painful; troublesome.
6. noun The awn of barley or other types of corn.

Similar words

pain afflict trouble garlic ache suffer sicken all exploit powerful

Often followed by

the of that these his other this rights in

Word family

ailed ailing ails