Associations to the word «Ailing»

Wiktionary

AILING, noun. An ailment.
AILING, verb. Present participle of ail
AILING, adjective. Sickly; sick; ill; unwell.

Dictionary definition

AILING, adjective. Somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats