aids

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UK, US/eɪdz/

adjective

Extremely annoying or frustrating.

“Dude, this game is so fucking AIDS.”

Similar
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome4H diseasegay cancergay plaguegay-related immunodeficiencyGRIDcancerpure cancer
Very commonFirst used 1982Scrabble 5
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Meanings

aids1

noun
  1. pluralplural of aid
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of aid

AIDS2

nounAIDS (uncountable)

alternative Aids

  1. abbreviationacronymuncountablemedicineAcronym of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.First known use 1982

    Patients with AIDS become highly susceptible to infection by intracellular microbes normally contained by T cells (Fig. 4.8).

    2007, Clinical Pathology, →ISBN, page 50
    1 more example

    The student-led group has consistently ranked among the top 20 fundraisers for the walkathon, organizers said. Started 15 years ago by a determined 7-year-old named Leo Beckerman, Kids Who Care has raised more than $500,000 for AIDS organizations, according to the Beckerman family, of Studio City.

    2005 October 17, Erika Hayasaki, “‘Kids Who Care’ a Force at Annual AIDS Walk”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2026

    Synonyms: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, 4H disease, gay cancer, gay plague, gay-related immunodeficiency, GRID

adjectiveAIDS (comparative more AIDS, superlative most AIDS)

comparative more AIDS · superlative most AIDS · alternative Aids

  1. offensiveslangvulgarExtremely annoying or frustrating.

    Dude, this game is so fucking AIDS.

    Synonyms: cancer, pure cancer

Aids3

nounAids (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of AIDS (“acquired immune deficiency syndrome”).

    If you were a South African health journalist during the late 1990s and early 2000s, you were mostly an Aids reporter.

    2023 August 7, Mia Malan, “A pandemic is not just a disease – it’s a political, social and economic crisis fuelled by inequality”, in The Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveExtremely annoying or frustrating.

Similar
cancerpure cancer

More synonyms by meaning

nouna serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles

Similar
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Broader
immunodeficiencyinfectious disease
Also see
4h diseaseacquired immunodeficiency syndromecancercancerousgay cancergay plaguegay-related immunodeficiencygridhivpure cancer

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans Vigs
  • Vigsacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Arabic إِيدْز, سِيدَا
  • إِيدْز (ʔīdz)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • سِيدَا (sīdā)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Bengali এইডস
  • এইডস (eiḍs)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Bulgarian СПИН
  • СПИНacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Catalan sida, SIDA
  • sidaacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • SIDAacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Chinese Cantonese 艾滋病, 愛滋病 /爱滋病
  • 艾滋病 (ngaai⁶ zi¹ beng⁶)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • 愛滋病 /爱滋病 (oi³ zi¹ beng⁶)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Chinese Mandarin 艾滋病, 愛滋病 /爱滋病
  • 艾滋病 (àizībìng)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • 愛滋病 /爱滋病 (àizībìng)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • 愛死病 /爱死病 (àisǐbìng)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Czech AIDS
  • AIDSacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Danish aids
  • aidsacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Dutch aids
  • aidsacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Esperanto aidoso
  • aidosoacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Estonian AIDS
  • AIDSacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Finnish AIDS
  • AIDSacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
French SIDA
  • SIDAacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
German Aids
  • Aidsacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Greek AIDS
  • AIDSacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Hebrew איידס
  • איידס (eyds)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Hindi एड्स
  • एड्स (eḍs)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Hungarian AIDS
  • AIDSacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Icelandic alnæmi
  • alnæmiacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Indonesian AIDS
  • AIDSacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Irish SEIF
  • SEIFacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Italian SIDA, AIDS
  • SIDAacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • AIDSacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Japanese エイズ
  • エイズ (eizu)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Korean 에이즈
  • 에이즈 (eijeu)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Latin SCDI
  • SCDIacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Latvian AIDS
  • AIDSacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Lithuanian AIDS
  • AIDSacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Malay AIDS
  • AIDSacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Māori mātai mate hinengaro, mate ārai kore
  • mātai mate hinengaroacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • mate ārai koreacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • mate parekoreacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Norwegian Bokmål aids
  • aidsacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Persian ایدز
  • ایدز (eydz)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Polish AIDS
  • AIDSacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Portuguese SIDA, AIDS
  • SIDAacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • AIDSacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Romanian SIDA
  • SIDAacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Russian СПИД
  • СПИД (SPID)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Scottish Gaelic galar na seirg
  • galar na seirgacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Slovak aids
  • aidsacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Spanish SIDA, sida
  • SIDAacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • sidaacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Swahili UKIMWI
  • UKIMWIacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Swedish aids
  • aidsacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Tamil வேட்டை நோய், உடற்தேய்வு நோய்
  • வேட்டை நோய் (vēṭṭai nōy)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • உடற்தேய்வு நோய் (uṭaṟtēyvu nōy)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Thai เอดส์
  • เอดส์ (èet)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Turkish AIDS
  • AIDSacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Ukrainian СНІД
  • СНІД (SNID)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Urdu ایڈس
  • ایڈس (eḍs)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Vietnamese AIDS, SIĐA
  • AIDSacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • SIĐAacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • SIDAacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Welsh AID, SDIC
  • AIDacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • SDICacquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Yiddish עידס
  • עידס (eyds)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with aids

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Sounds the same

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Anagrams

saidsidadaisDasiDSAI
Cite this entry
APA

aids. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aids

MLA

“aids.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aids. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aids,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aids.

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