ailing

Adjective

Synonyms: indisposed peaked(p)poorly(p)sickly unwell under the weather seedy

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

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”Synonyms: indisposed peaked(p)poorly(p)sickly unwell under the weather seedy

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Ail \Ail\ ([=a]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ailed ([=a]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Ailing.] [OE. eilen, ailen, AS. eglan to trouble, pain; akin to Goth. us-agljan to distress, agls troublesome, irksome, aglo, aglitha, pain, and prob. to E. awe. [root]3.] To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man? I know not what ails him. [1913 Webster]

What aileth thee, Hagar? --Gen. xxi. 17. [1913 Webster]

Note: It is never used to express a specific disease. We do not say, a fever ails him; but, something ails him. [1913 Webster]

ailing \ailing\ adj. sick; unhealthy. Opposite of well or healthy.

Syn: indisposed, peaked(predicate), poorly(predicate), sickly, unwell. [WordNet 1.5]