ailment (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *ailment*:
NOUN	state	ailment, complaint, ill	an often persistent bodily disorder or disease

ailment > pronunciation
Sounds	ey'lmahnt
Rhymes	abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt...

English > *ailment*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining.
Synonyms	complaint, ill
Narrower	motion sickness, kinetosis	The state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle
Narrower	pip	A minor nonspecific ailment
Broader	disorder, upset	A physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal / normal functioning
Spanish	achaque, afección, alifafe, dolencia, enfermedad, problema
Catalan	dolença, dolència, malaltia, mal
Verbs	ail	be ill or unwell
Verbs	ail	cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

HyperDic: ailment