Antonyms for malady

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mal-uh-dee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæl ə di

Definition of malady

Origin : late 13c., from Old French maladie "sickness, illness, disease" (13c.), from malade "ill" (12c.), from Latin male habitus "doing poorly, feeling sick," literally "ill-conditioned," from male "badly" (see mal-) + habitus, past participle of habere "have, hold" (see habit). Related: Maladies.

noun disease

Example sentences :

The surgeon was in constant attendance, but the malady baffled all his skill.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

Life, that would fain be a melody, seems here almost a malady.
Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service

I look with confidence to her malady as my triumphant vindication.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 » by Various

This was a malady which had not been mentioned at the medical college.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

She was wearier now than ever before, for there was no cure for her malady.
Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field

You asked me just now what malady it was that killed my poor Marguerite.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

He was very pale: but that unchanging pallor was the only sign of the malady from which he suffered.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

She was attacked by a malady, to which she had nearly fallen a victim.
Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson

Bless my afflicted offspring that she may be healed of her malady.
Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy

All the days of this pale December were spent by him in going deeper and deeper into his malady.
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for malady

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