malady

[ mal-uh-dee ]

/ ˈmæl ə di /

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noun, plural mal·a·dies.

any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.

any undesirable or disordered condition: social maladies; a malady of the spirit.

Nearby words

maladjusted, maladjustment, maladminister, maladministration, maladroit, malady, malaga, malagasy, malagasy republic, malaguena, malagueña

Origin of malady

1200–50; Middle English maladie < Old French, equivalent to malade sick (< Late Latin male habitus literally, ill-conditioned; see mal-, habit¹) + -ie -y³

SYNONYMS FOR malady

1 illness, sickness, affliction, complaint, ailment, indisposition.

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Can be confused

malady melody

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Examples from the Web for maladies

These two maladies that he makes fun of, millions of people, millions of people are affected by these diseases.
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These two maladies that he makes fun of, millions of people, millions of people are effected by these diseases.
Reid: Gates ‘Unethically’ Gossiped and Published Memoir to ‘Make Money’|John L. Smith|January 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Such awful outcomes for Medicaid patients are found in a variety of studies looking at cancer, heart problems, and other maladies.
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Her debut collection of stories, Interpreter of Maladies, won the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Hemingway Award.
The National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction||September 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST

We may think that of all the maladies that can be visited upon the human body, death itself would be the easiest to diagnose.
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Seneca said that vices were maladies, among which Zeno catalogued love, as Plato did crime.
Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern|Edgar Saltus
The great industry in changing all social relations has increased vices, maladies and subjection.
Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History|Antonio Labriola
He detected the real cause of the maladies of half those who consulted him, and he did his utmost to remove it.
A Book about Doctors|John Cordy Jeaffreson
Much attention is being devoted to the causes which determine the aptitude or immunity with animals for maladies.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 303|Various
The diagnosis of the disease is not easily mistaken, though it has its affinities as well as other maladies.
The Two Admirals|J. Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for maladies

malady

/ (ˈmælədɪ) /

noun plural -dies

any disease or illness

any unhealthy, morbid, or desperate conditiona malady of the spirit

Word Origin for malady

C13: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin male habitus (unattested) in poor condition, from Latin male badly + habitus, from habēre to have

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malady

noun, plural mal·a·dies.

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Origin of malady

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British Dictionary definitions for maladies

malady

noun plural -dies

Word Origin for malady

Medicine definitions for maladies

malady

n.