Meanings
plural ailments
- Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.
Near-synonym: complaint (contextually synonymous)
1 more example
He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school. He hadn't the faintest idea what to with a cold in the head, he just took quinine and continued to blow his nose.
1922, Michael Arlen, “2/9/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These DaysSynonyms: complaint
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomething which ails one; a disease; sickness.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek νόσος
- νόσος (nósos)something which ails one; a disease; sickness
Arabic مَرَض, اعتِلال
- مَرَض (maraḍ)something which ails one; a disease; sickness
- اعتِلالsomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- وَعكَةsomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
Bulgarian болест, болка
- болест (bolest)something which ails one; a disease; sickness
- болка (bolka)something which ails one; a disease; sickness
Chinese Mandarin 疾病
- 疾病 (jíbìng)something which ails one; a disease; sickness
Danish lidelse, sygdom
- lidelsesomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- sygdomsomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- svaghedsomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
Dutch aandoening
- aandoeningsomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
Esperanto malsano, malsaneto
- malsanosomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- malsanetosomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- afekciosomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
Finnish sairaus, vaiva
- sairaussomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- vaivasomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
French maladie
- maladiesomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
German Leiden
- Leidensomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
Greek ασθένεια, αρρώστια
- ασθένεια (asthéneia)something which ails one; a disease; sickness
- αρρώστια (arróstia)something which ails one; a disease; sickness
- νόσος (nósos)something which ails one; a disease; sickness
- πάθηση (páthisi)something which ails one; a disease; sickness
Irish breoiteacht
- breoiteachtsomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
Italian disturbo, indisposizione
- disturbosomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- indisposizionesomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- affezionesomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- malesomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- malattiasomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- acciaccosomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- malannosomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
Japanese 病気
- 病気 (byōki)something which ails one; a disease; sickness
Latin morbus
- morbussomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
Polish dolegliwość
- dolegliwośćsomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
Portuguese enfermidade
- enfermidadesomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
Romanian indispoziție
- indispozițiesomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
Russian боле́знь, неду́г
- боле́знь (boléznʹ)something which ails one; a disease; sickness
- неду́г (nedúg)something which ails one; a disease; sickness
- нездоро́вье (nezdoróvʹje)something which ails one; a disease; sickness
- недомога́ние (nedomogánije)something which ails one; a disease; sickness
Scottish Gaelic galar, tinneas
- galarsomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- tinneassomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- euslaintsomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- trioblaidsomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
Spanish dolencia, enfermedad
- dolenciasomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- enfermedadsomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- achaquesomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- alifafesomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- dolamasomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
Turkish hastalık, rahatsızlık
- hastalıksomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
- rahatsızlıksomething which ails one; a disease; sickness
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Cite this entry
ailment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ailment
“ailment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ailment. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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