Antonyms for disease
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-zeez |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈziz |
Definition of disease
Origin :- early 14c., "discomfort, inconvenience," from Old French desaise "lack, want; discomfort, distress; trouble, misfortune; disease, sickness," from des- "without, away" (see dis-) + aise "ease" (see ease). Sense of "sickness, illness" in English first recorded late 14c.; the word still sometimes was used in its literal sense early 17c.
- noun ailment, affliction
- Some one said the other day, "Ennui is a disease that comes from living on other people's money."
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I found the people corrupted; and I must humour their disease.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- He had breathed into the atmosphere a subtle malaria, and George had caught the disease.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- He looked into his own heart—he was almost afraid to look—and saw the ravages of disease there.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- What sort of a disease is it that has taken Mrs. Roberts, do you suppose, to send her there?
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- I should like you to have my disease, and then we should see if you would prate as you do.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- It may be that this same insensibility was a symptom of the disease.
- Extract from : « The Man of Adamant » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- There is no disease bold enough to dare to attack the person of a doctor.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- He never was strong, and he hasn't the strength to fight against his disease.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- He would fight this disease before it could establish a hold.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
Synonyms for disease
- ache
- affection
- attack
- blight
- breakdown
- bug
- Cancer
- canker
- collapse
- complaint
- condition
- contagion
- contamination
- convulsions
- debility
- decrepitude
- defect
- disorder
- distemper
- endemic
- epidemic
- feebleness
- fever
- fit
- flu
- hemorrhage
- ill health
- illness
- indisposition
- infection
- infirmity
- inflammation
- malady
- misery
- pathosis
- plague
- seizure
- sickliness
- sickness
- spell
- stroke
- syndrome
- temperature
- unhealthiness
- unsoundness
- upset
- virus
- visitation
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