mal-

a combining form meaning “bad,” “wrongful,” “ill,” occurring originally in loanwords from French ( malapert ); on this model, used in the formation of other words ( malfunction; malcontent ).

Mal.

abbreviation for

MAL

Mal.

mal-

bad or badly; wrong or wrongly; imperfect or defective
malfunction
maladjusted

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Origin of mal-¹

Middle English < Old French, representing mal adv. (< Latin male badly, ill) and adj. (< Latin malus bad)

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Origin of mal-¹

Old French, from Latin malus bad, male badly

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Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?

There is a phrase for the foreigners' rapture: mal d'afrique.

But on Sal Mal Lane, Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, and Catholics live side by side in relative harmony.

She invoked in him feelings of pity, despair, lust, and betrayal—the commanding themes of Les Fleurs du Mal.

But we know very little about the woman who became the inspiration for his masterwork, Les Fleurs du Mal.

Est avenu que ledit Martin huit iours apres son baptme a est frapp de ce mal, dont il est mort.

C'est ainsi que Dieu sait tirer du mal vn bien; il chastie les siens, & neantmoins les soutient de sa main.

La Grêce est mal placée géographiquement pour exercer une action sur la guerre.

They went a little unsteadily down the stone steps, a cold, damp air meeting them in the face, close and mal-odorous.

Historians even are not agreed as to the origin of the famous device: Honi soit qui mal y pense.

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