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 malady

Some places (like Syria) are prone to this malady, and others (like America) are not.
Who Shrunk America?|Tunku Varadarajan|September 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Nobody would hold up the single outpost of Moo Cluck Moo as a cure for the malady of low wages.
A Fast-Food Joint Thrives, Even by Paying $12 an Hour|Daniel Gross|August 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But the burnout described in this and so many other articles is not really a malady.
Study Says Doctors More Burned Out Than Others, But It’s Not Really a Malady|Kent Sepkowitz|August 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A solution, however, requires some consensus about what the malady is and how to treat it.
Colorado Blazes Remind Us That National Policy on Fire Needs a Fix|Stephen J. Pyne|June 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST

A conservative JournoList would hardly be the cure for that malady, if we can call it that.
What Liberal Bloggers Can Teach the Right|Reihan Salam|July 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST
When first I felt this malady, if I had dared to make mention of it.
Four Arthurian Romances|Chretien DeTroyes
He lived but a short time, and died as soon as he returned to Siena, I don't know of what malady.
Thoughts on Art and Autobiographical Memoirs of Giovanni Dupr|Giovanni Dupr
The images impressed upon my mind by this fatal paper were somewhat effaced by my malady.
Wieland; or The Transformation|Charles Brockden Brown
These two features suffice to characterize her malady, which was moral as well as physical.
The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869|Various
And do you know that this shrinking is one of the symptoms of the malady, and at the same time its main foundation?
Dr. Dumany's Wife|Mr Jkai

British Dictionary definitions for malady

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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