ailing

adjective

Affected or tending to be affected with minor health problems: indisposed, low, mean, off-color, rocky, sickly. Idioms: under the weather. See health/sickness.

adj

Definition: not feeling well
Antonyms: healthy

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IN BRIEF: Sickly; not feeling well.

Jane missed the game because she was ailing.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: somewhat ill or prone to illness
  Synonyms: indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, unwell, under the weather

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skrantende, kronisk syg

Nederlands (Dutch)
ziekelijk

Français (French)
adj. - malade, souffrant, mal en point

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kränkelnd

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - νοσών, πάσχων

Italiano (Italian)
indisposto, malamente

idioms:

• be ailing    essere malaticcio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - aflito, doente

idioms:

• be ailing    estar doente

Русский (Russian)
болеющий, болея

idioms:

• be ailing    болеть

Español (Spanish)
adj. - enfermizo, achacosamente, achacoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - krasslig, sjuk
adv. - krasslig, sjuk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
生病的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 生病的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 앓는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 病気の, 病んだ

idioms:

• be ailing    病んでいる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) معتل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חולני, חולה, במצב רע‬

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