malaise
a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
a vague or unfocused feeling of mental uneasiness, lethargy, or discomfort.
Origin of malaise
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The accelerating digital transformation, reduxFrom that malaise we turn to the SaaS and cloud world.
The United States was in the middle of a deep and pervasive malaise, never really regaining its footing after the wholesale destruction of the Summer of Love.
Because the years between 2010 to 2015 were a period of steady economic growth and falling unemployment, it’s unlikely that economic malaise was a factor.
With Teen Mental Health Deteriorating Over Five Years, There’s A Likely Culprit | LGBTQ-Editor | October 22, 2020 | No Straight NewsIt remains to be seen whether government support has merely delayed heavy losses, or created a bridge for consumers and business until they to get to the other side of the economic malaise.
The biggest US banks show the worst is yet to come for the economy | John Detrixhe | October 16, 2020 | QuartzAdd in worry over the global economic malaise, and the 2020 harvest is shaping up to be one of the most troublesome in memory.
Wildfires, trade wars, COVID-19: The 2020 global wine harvest may go down as the most challenging yet | Bernhard Warner | September 20, 2020 | Fortune
It is a nostalgic, old-fashioned novel that nevertheless reflects the malaise of its era and prefigures our own technophiliac age.
Zen, Motorcycles, And The Cult of Tech: How Robert Pirsig’s Classic Anticipated the Future | Nathaniel Rich | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMaybe each of these instances was a cry for help, almost certainly they were symptoms of a much deeper malaise.
Robin Williams’ Deadly Depression | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMoral equivalence and malaise, rather than red-hot ideology, motivates Haydon.
Iran’s Top Spy Is the Modern-Day Karla, John Le Carré’s Villainous Mastermind | Michael Weiss | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn both syndromes, early signs include fever and profound malaise.
Princeton Considers Vaccinations for Slow-Moving Meningitis Outbreak | Kent Sepkowitz | November 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo combat the malaise, fast food joints are pursuing a high-low strategy, or, as I prefer to dub it, the “Moms and Bros” strategy.
Burger King Introduces Big King to Taunt McDonald’s and Stagnating Overall Sales | Daniel Gross | November 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThere may be fever associated with weakness, headache, general malaise and pain, and this may be marked or rather light.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyThe majority were more than momentarily tired, they were visibly suffering from some sort of malaise.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryI think my malaise is chiefly owing to the depressing influence of town air and town scenes.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3) | George EliotWhatever vices I have seem to be exaggerated by my malaise—such "chastening" not answering the purpose of purification in my case.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3) | George EliotThe King's physical malaise, however, is accompanied by a curious mental agitation and a strange loquacity.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835 | Dorothy Duchesse de Dino
British Dictionary definitions for malaise
/ (mæˈleɪz) /
a feeling of unease or depression
a mild sickness, not symptomatic of any disease or ailment
a complex of problems affecting a country, economy, etc: Bulgaria's economic malaise
Origin of malaise
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