AILMENT Synonyms

• a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity

• a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health

• a cause of great suffering and distress

• general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate

• a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine

• a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly

• insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis

• a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

• annoy persistently

• tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

• a state at a particular time

• an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else

• a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing

• information that should be kept in mind when making a decision

• the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')

• an illness, disease, or other medical problem

• (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement

• the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition

• establish a conditioned response

• develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

• specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement

• put into a better state

• apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny

• an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

• a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning

• a condition in which things are not in their expected places

• a disturbance of the peace or of public order

• disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

• bring disorder to

• impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

• a slight illness

• a certain degree of unwillingness

• the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

• any unwholesome or desperate condition

• impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

• a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

• a question raised for consideration or solution

• a source of difficulty

• impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

• defectiveness or unsoundness

• the state that precedes vomiting

• a complex of concurrent things

• a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease

• a source of difficulty

• an angry disturbance

• an event causing distress or pain

• an effort that is inconvenient

• a strong feeling of anxiety

• an unwanted pregnancy

• move deeply

• to cause inconvenience or discomfort to

• disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

• take the trouble to do something; concern oneself

• cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

• affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

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

• (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well

• unfavorably or with disapproval

• with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly

• resulting in suffering or adversity

• distressing

• indicating hostility or enmity

• presaging ill fortune