| Main Entry: | ail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt |
Synonyms: |
afflict, annoy, bother, distress, pain, sicken, trouble, upset |
| Notes: | ale is a fermented alcoholic beverage containing malt and hops, similar to but heavier than beer; to ail is to feel ill or have pain |
| Main Entry: | ailing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling well |
Synonyms: |
below par, debilitated, diseased, down, down with, enfeebled, feeble, feeling awful, ill, indisposed, rocky, run down, sick, sick as a dog, sickly, under the weather, unwell, wasting, weak |
Antonyms: |
healthy |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sick |
Synonyms: |
ailing, diseased, ill, in pain, unwell |
| Notes: | badly is an adverb to describe an activity; bad is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Main Entry: | bedridden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sick in bed |
Synonyms: |
ailing, disabled, flat on one's back, ill, incapacitated, infirm, invalid, laid up, prostrate |
| Main Entry: | delicate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickly |
Synonyms: |
ailing, debilitated, decrepit, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, infirm, shatterable, shattery, slender, slight, susceptible, tender, unhealthy, weak |
Antonyms: |
healthful, healthy, strong |
| Main Entry: | depress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deject, make despondent; exhaust |
Synonyms: |
abase, afflict, ail, bear down, beat, beat down, bother, bug*, bum out, cast down, chill*, cow*, damp, dampen, darken, daunt, debase, debilitate, degrade, desolate, devitalize, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, distress, disturb, drag*, drain, dull, enervate, faze, keep under, lower, mock, mortify, oppress, perturb, press, put down*, reduce, reduce to tears, run down, sadden, sap*, scorn, slow, throw cold water on, torment, trouble, try, turn one off, upset, weaken, weary, weigh down |
Antonyms: |
cheer, comfort, encourage, excite, lift, make happy, stimulate |
| Main Entry: | diseased |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhealthy |
Synonyms: |
afflicted, ailing, indisposed, infected, infectious, infirm, rotten, sick, sickly, tainted, unsound, unwell, unwholesome |
Antonyms: |
fit, healthy |
| Main Entry: | distress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | worry, upset |
Synonyms: |
afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, be on one's case, bother, break, bug, burn up, depress, desolate, discombobulate, disquiet, disturb, do a number on, dog*, eat*, get to, get*, give a hard time, grieve, harass, harry, hound, hurt, injure, irk, irritate, make it tough for, miff, nag, needle, nit-pick, oppress, pain, peeve, perplex, pester, pick on, plague, push, push buttons, rack, sadden, strain, strap, stress, tick off, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, weigh, wound |
Antonyms: |
assist, calm, comfort, help, soothe |
| Main Entry: | disturb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, upset |
Synonyms: |
afflict, agitate, ail, alarm, amaze, annoy, arouse, astound, badger, burn up, complicate, confound, confuse, depress, discompose, dishearten, disrupt, distract, distress, excite, fluster, frighten, gall, grieve, harass, interfere, interrupt, intrude, irk, irritate, make uneasy, molest, muddle, outrage, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, pique, plague, provoke, puzzle, rattle, rouse, ruffle, shake, shake up, startle, tire, trouble, unhinge, unnerve, unsettle, vex, worry |
Antonyms: |
appease, calm, comfort, pacify, quiet, reassure, soothe |
| Main Entry: | feeble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not strong; ineffective |
Synonyms: |
aged, ailing, chicken*, debilitated, decrepit, delicate, doddering, dopey, effete, emasculated, enervated, enfeebled, etiolated, exhausted, failing, faint, flabby, flat, fragile, frail, gentle, helpless, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, indecisive, ineffectual, inefficient, infirm, insubstantial, insufficient, lame, languid, low, out of gas, paltry, poor, powerless, puny, sapless, sickly, slight, strengthless, tame, thin, unconvincing, vitiated, weak, weakened, weakly, wimpy, woozy, zero* |
Antonyms: |
able, effective, hardy, healthy, hearty, powerful, solid, sound, strong |