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ail

/eɪl/verb

उच्चारण एल

कष्ट देना, परेशान करना

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verb
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    [T] ~ sb/sth formal

    to cause problems for somebody or something; (old-fashioned) to make somebody ill

    कष्ट देना, परेशान करना

    • the problems ailing the economy

    Synonyms trouble afflict plague bother distress

    Opposite heal help comfort

◇Word family
ailing adj.ailment noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?

Homophone: ail (cause trouble) and ale (a type of beer) are both pronounced /eɪl/.

Homophone: ail (कष्ट देना) और ale (एक प्रकार की बीयर) दोनों की pronunciation /eɪl/ है।

Keep the trouble words together: ail, afflict, plague (cause continuous trouble), beset (cause many problems: 'beset by difficulties'), bedevil.

कष्ट के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: ail, afflict, plague (लगातार कष्ट देना), beset (कई समस्याएँ पैदा करना: 'beset by difficulties'), bedevil।

§Grammar and usage

The adjective ailing means ill or in a weak condition ('an ailing economy'); the noun ailment means a minor illness.

Adjective ailing का अर्थ बीमार या कमज़ोर हालत में है ('an ailing economy'); noun ailment का अर्थ छोटी बीमारी है।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

What ails sb (old-fashioned, what is wrong with somebody).

Collocation 'What ails you?' (पुराना, क्या परेशानी है?)।