Definitions for AILMENT
ˈeɪl məntail·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. ailment, complaint, illnoun

   an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. ailmentnoun

   Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ailmentnoun

   Pain; disease.

   Etymology: from ail.

   Little ailments oft attend the fair,
   Not decent for a husband’s eye or ear. George Granville.

   I am never ill, but I think of your ailments, and repine that they mutually hinder our being together. Jonathan Swift, Letters.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ailment

   An ailment is a minor health condition or illness that causes discomfort or distress to an individual. It often refers to a specific symptom or set of symptoms that affect a person's physical or mental well-being. Ailments are typically non-life-threatening conditions that can be alleviated with simple treatments or remedies.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Ailmentnoun

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

Anagrams for AILMENT »

1. aliment

How to pronounce AILMENT?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of AILMENT in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of AILMENT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of AILMENT in a Sentence

1. Dean Hawkins:

   For every ailment under the sun, There is a remedy, or there is none... If there be one try to find it If there be none, never mind it

2. Nathaniel Hawthorne:

   A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part.

3. The Grammy winner:

   I got it severely and I was hospitalized for 11 days — and four or five of those I do not even remember. It really was touch and go and a terribly debilitating ailment.

4. Ahmadu Kanduwa:

   I have this thought, if he had received say five or six doses, he would have been immune from this ailment.

5. Phil Noble:

   It's not that she raises a bunch of money for a PAC that causes her problems with middle class voters. That is a symptom as opposed to the ailment, the larger illness is she is out of touch with middle class voters -- she does have a lifestyle and a history that is about as alien to middle class voters as corporate jets are to a Subaru.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=AILMENT
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ailment
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=AILMENT
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/AILMENT