ailment

Noun

Meaning

Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ill complaint hydra bacillus problem disease plague pestilence blight condition disorder illness infection trouble upset

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Antonyms

nostrum pharmaceutics bloom bolus physic way

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Hypernyms

disorder upset

Hyponyms

pip plague diabetes smallpox motion sickness kinetosis

Phrases with the word

lead poisoning ailment fire ailment airway ailment horrible ailment congenital ailment gallbladder ailment

Anagrams

aliment maltine netmail

Examples

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics. Plutarch

Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health? Petrarch

Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism. Alan Jay Lerner

Go not with every ailment to the doctor, with every plea to the lawyer, or with every thirst to the can. Spanish Proverb

Go not with every ailment to the doctor, nor with every plaint to lawyer. Portuguese Proverb

An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. Jewish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Ailish aillt Ailly-sur-Noye ailourophil ailourophile ailourophobe