Ailing and Poor

Ailing

Ailing adjective - Chronically or repeatedly suffering from poor health.

Poor and ailing are semantically related. in weak topic. In some cases you can use "Poor" instead an adjective "Ailing", when it comes to topics like failing.

Nearby Words: ailment, ailed

Poor

Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.

Ailing and poor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ailing" instead an adjective "Poor".

Nearby Words: poorly, poorness

Both words in one sentence

  • Light Novel / Dragon Crisis! Idiot Ball: Ryuuji has the poor sense to believe everything Onyx says to him, regarding Rose's ailing health, so he helps Onyx to kidnap Rose.
  • The episode opens with a beautiful but poor young woman named Kate deciding to disguise herself as a boy to find work and support her ailing father.
  • Rags to Royalty She was a poor farm girl, taking care of her ailing father, when she was asked to join the emperor's harem (much to the ire of her former boyfriend Suu, later revealed to be a Goose Guy and Hotohori's half-brother).
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