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Ails

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ails"

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Word	Definition
painverb	(transitive) To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.
afflictverb	(transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
troubleverb	(transitive) To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
garlicverb	(transitive) To flavor with garlic.
achesverb	(intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
afflictsverb	(transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
ailmentsnoun	Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.
bothersverb	(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
evilsnoun	(slang) Synonym of evil eye (“dirty look”).
himnoun	(informal) A male person or animal.
hurtsverb	an English musical duo formed in Manchester in 2009, consisting of singer Theo Hutchcraft and multi-instrumentalist Adam Anderson.
illsnoun	(often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
maladiesnoun	Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
troublesnoun	(Ireland, historical) The continued violence and terrorist, military and paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland that happened from the mid 1960s to the late 1990s.
afflictingverb	An affliction.
plaguingverb	annoyance; harassment
bedevilingverb	An act by which somebody is bedevilled; causing of trouble; harassment.
fixverb	(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
cureverb	A method, device or medication that restores good health.
needsverb	(archaic) Either directly or indirectly preceded or followed by an auxiliary verb, often must: of necessity or need; necessarily, indispensably.