verb
- to cause pain, discomfort, or trouble to someone
- to be the matter with or wrong with someone or something
Examples
- What ails you today? You seem upset.
- A mysterious illness ails the entire village.
- The old injury still ails him during cold weather.
- Nothing ails this car except a dead battery.
- She couldn’t figure out what ails the computer.
- Chronic back pain ails many office workers.