ailment meaning

Definition of ailment

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

   Synonyms: complaint, ill

   Type of: disorder

   Kinds: pip, motion sickness

   Related forms: ail

ailment in a sentence

• The doctor said that this ailment is incurable.
• The doctor immediately began to look for the cause of Boldi's ailment.
• People come here to be healed from various ailments.
• All my ailments are gone but one.
• Imaginary ailments are incurable.

How to pronounce ailment

ailment is pronounced /ˈeɪlmənt/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.