Definitions for ail

ail ail

Spelling: [eyl]
IPA: /eɪl/

Ail is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 3 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 17 anagrams from letters in ail (ail).

Definitions for ail

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.

verb (used without object)

  1. to be unwell; feel pain; be ill:

Origin of ail

before 950; Middle English ail, eilen, Old English eglan to afflict (cognate with Middle Low German egelen annoy, Gothic -agljan), derivative of egle painful; akin to Gothic agls shameful, Sa

Examples for ail

Seek your sa' where you got your ail, and beg your barm where you buy your ale.

Weel, maybe I was thinkin' hoo I wad leuk at her gin onything did ail her.

No, nothing might ail him bodily; but mentally—ah, how much!

I trust I may be justified in telling thee that there is not much to ail my girl.

O, what can ail thee, knight at arms, Alone and palely loitering?

His shin and his knee are hardly to be seen to ail any thing.

The idea that he could ever ail in mind or body never occurred to her.

The adult ram is signified by the word "ayil," or "ail," and the ewe by "rakal."

O, what can ail thee, knight at arms, So haggard and so woe-begone?

Somethin' seemed to ail him and he couldn't make out what 'twas.

Word Value for ail
Scrable

3

Words with friends

4

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