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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ma-leyz, -muh-; French ma-lez
Phonetic Transcription : mæˈleɪz, -mə-; French maˈlɛz



Definition of malaise

Origin :
  • c.1300, maleise "pain, suffering; sorrow, anxiety," also, by late 14c., "disease, sickness," from Old French malaise "difficulty, suffering, hardship," literally "ill-ease," from mal "bad" (see mal-) + aise "ease" (see ease (n.)). The current use is perhaps a mid-18c. reborrowing from Modern French. A Middle English verbal form, malasen "to trouble, distress" (mid-15c.), from Old French malaisier, did not endure.
  • noun depression, sickness
Example sentences :
  • An incident showed me that his malaise was curable by one method only.
  • Extract from : « William Sharp (Fiona Macleod) » by Elizabeth A. Sharp
  • They swear by their malaise and by their malaise they shall die.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • For me I am within a month of the period immune, and only feel a malaise in her company.
  • Extract from : « The Shoes of Fortune » by Neil Munro
  • These signs are accompanied by fever, malaise, and depression of spirits.
  • Extract from : « A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) » by Various
  • Fever is slight or absent; there are malaise and loss of strength.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • Yet all the time my nervousness and malaise increased appreciably.
  • Extract from : « Famous Modern Ghost Stories » by Various
  • Who can work hard if he is suffering from a perpetual feeling of malaise?
  • Extract from : « Success (Second Edition) » by Max Aitken Beaverbrook
  • They are also a boon to rheumatic persons, helping to banish the muscular pains and general feeling of malaise.
  • Extract from : « Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them » by Charles David Musgrove
  • Purpura rheumatica commonly begins with malaise, anorexia, debility, sometimes with mild fever.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • He was suffering dreadfully from malaise and indigestion and gave with his usual force his usual putrid theory of the universe.
  • Extract from : « Notes of a Son and Brother » by Henry James

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