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ailing

How many syllables in ailing?

  2 syllables

Divide ailing into syllables:   ail-ing
How to pronounce ailing:   ey-ling
How to say ailing:

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Synonyms for ailing


1 syllable
  • I'll
  • sick
  • ill
2 syllables
  • diseased
  • sickly
  • unwell
  • poorly
  • unfit
3 syllables
  • below par
  • in poor health
4 syllables
  • not at your best
    5 syllables
    • under the weather
      6 syllables
      • not a hundred percent
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        What rhymes with ailing

        1 syllable
        • aillt
          2 syllables
          • bailing
          • failing
          • grayling
          • hailproof
          • mailing
          • paling
          • sailing
          • tailing
          • veiling
          • whaling
          • baling
          • flailing
          • hailing
          • jailing
          • nailing
          • railing
          • scaling
          • trailing
          • wailing
          3 syllables
          4 syllables
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