diff --git a/play.pokemonshowdown.com/src/battle-searchresults.tsx b/play.pokemonshowdown.com/src/battle-searchresults.tsx
index 38179a678..f745f0a35 100644
--- a/play.pokemonshowdown.com/src/battle-searchresults.tsx
+++ b/play.pokemonshowdown.com/src/battle-searchresults.tsx
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export class PSSearchResults extends preact.Component<{
 				href={`${this.URL_ROOT}abilities/${id}`} class={id === this.abilityId ? 'cur' : ''}
 				data-target="push" data-entry={`ability|${ability.name}`}
 			>
-				<span class="col namecol">{id ? this.renderName(ability.name, matchStart, matchEnd) : <i>(no ability)</i>}</span>
+				<span class="col abilitynamecol">{id ? this.renderName(ability.name, matchStart, matchEnd) : <i>(no ability)</i>}</span>
 
 				{errorMessage}
 
diff --git a/play.pokemonshowdown.com/style/battle-search.css b/play.pokemonshowdown.com/style/battle-search.css
index 34a924145..e19ff6ecc 100644
--- a/play.pokemonshowdown.com/style/battle-search.css
+++ b/play.pokemonshowdown.com/style/battle-search.css
@@ -171,6 +171,16 @@
 	color: #000000;
 	font-size: 10pt;
 }
+.dexlist .abilitynamecol {
+	padding-top: 6px;
+	height: 23px;
+	width: 152px;
+	color: #000000;
+	font-size: 10pt;
+	text-wrap: nowrap;
+	text-overflow: ellipsis;
+	overflow: hidden;
+}
 .dexlist .pokemonnamecol {
 	padding-top: 6px;
 	height: 23px;