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1 gebrekkig
♦voorbeelden:2 een gebrekkig betoog/plan • an inadequate/a poor/faulty argument/plangebrekkige huisvesting • poor/primitive housingeen gebrekkige kennis van het Engels • poor (knowledge of) Englishtaal en stijl waren zeer gebrekkig • language and style were very poorII 〈 bijwoord〉♦voorbeelden:zich gebrekkig uitdrukken • express oneself haltingly -
2 sukkelig
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3 ziekelijk
adj. sickly, ailing, morbid, pathological, valetudinarian, valetudinary, invalid, atrophied, cachectic, infirm, diseased, disordered, weakly, nosogenic, pimping, wan, cranky, crazy -
4 een gebrekkig mens
een gebrekkig mensVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > een gebrekkig mens
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5 gesukkel
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6 hij begon te kwijnen
hij begon te kwijnenhe was ailing, his health was failingVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > hij begon te kwijnen
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7 kwijnen
♦voorbeelden:1 hij begon te kwijnen • he was ailing, his health was failing -
8 sukkelen
1 [telkens weer/aanhoudend ziek(elijk) zijn] be ailing/sickly ⇒ suffer (from something)2 [moeilijkheden ondervinden] struggle/wrestle with4 [onbedoeld terechtkomen/raken] fall♦voorbeelden:(je kan beter naar de dokter gaan,) anders blijf je sukkelen • (you had better go to the doctor) otherwise it'll never get any betterhij sukkelt met zijn gezondheid • he is in bad health2 waarom blijven sukkelen met een tweedehands auto als … • why put up with a second-hand car if …4 in slaap sukkelen • doze/drop off -
9 zwak en sukkelig
zwak en sukkeligVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > zwak en sukkelig
См. также в других словарях:
ailing — ai‧ling [ˈeɪlɪŋ] adjective in financial difficulty: • This may be the best cure for China s ailing industries. • Many economists think the economy is still ailing. * * * ailing UK US /ˈeɪlɪŋ/ adjective ► experiencing financial problems: ailing… … Financial and business terms
Ailing — ist der Name folgender Personen: Song Ailing (1890 1973), Soong Schwester Zhang Ailing (1920 1995), chinesische Schriftstellerin Zhang Ailing (Badminton) (* 1958), chinesische Badmintonspielerin Diese Seite ist eine … Deutsch Wikipedia
ailing — adj. sick; unhealthy. Opposite of {well} or {healthy}. Syn: indisposed, peaked(predicate), poorly(predicate), sickly, unwell. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ailing — [adj] not feeling well below par, debilitated, diseased, down, down with, enfeebled, feeble, feeling awful, ill, indisposed, rocky*, run down*, sick, sick as a dog*, sickly, under the weather*, unwell, wasting, weak; concept 314 Ant. healthy … New thesaurus
ailing — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ in poor health … English terms dictionary
ailing — [āl′iŋ] adj. in poor health; sickly SYN. SICK1 … English World dictionary
ailing — [[t]e͟ɪlɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n An ailing organization or society is in difficulty and is becoming weaker. The rise in overseas sales is good news for the ailing American economy. Ant: thriving 2) ADJ If someone is ailing, they are ill and are… … English dictionary
ailing — adjective 1 an ailing company or economy 1 (1) is having a lot of problems and is not successful: Vice Chairman John Smith, who transformed GM s ailing European operations in the 80s 2 formal ill: aged or ailing parents … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ailing — ail|ing [ˈeılıŋ] adj [usually before noun] 1.) an ailing company, organization, or ↑economy is having a lot of problems and is not successful ▪ the ailing car industry 2.) formal ill and not likely to get better … Dictionary of contemporary English
ailing — ail|ing [ eılıŋ ] adjective 1. ) usually before noun MAINLY JOURNALISM an ailing organization or economy is not strong or successful: The company is about to sell its ailing publishing division. 2. ) LITERARY sick and weak … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ailing — adjective 1) his ailing mother Syn: ill, sick, unwell, sickly, poorly, weak, indisposed, in poor/bad health, infirm, debilitated, diseased, delicate, valetudinarian, below par, bedridden; informal laid up, under the weather … Thesaurus of popular words
