malady

American  

[mal-uh-dee] / ˈmæl ə di /

noun

plural

maladies

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

   Synonyms:

   indisposition, ailment, complaint, affliction, sickness, illness

2. any undesirable or disordered condition.

   social maladies; a malady of the spirit.

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malady British  

/ ˈmælədɪ /

noun

1. any disease or illness

2. any unhealthy, morbid, or desperate condition

   a malady of the spirit

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Etymology

Origin of malady

1200–50; Middle English maladie < Old French, equivalent to malade sick (< Late Latin male habitus literally, ill-conditioned; mal-, habit ¹ ) + -ie -y ³

Example Sentences

The film may not propose a solution to any of our maladies, but it’s a bitterly convincing diagnosis.

From The Wall Street Journal

AI certainly could exacerbate those maladies, but we can better address them by taking advantage of the AI infrastructure build-out to spur overdue policy change.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many things happen, never for too long; all kinds of maladies, medications and melodramas are involved.

From The Wall Street Journal

"They treat a whole host of maladies," said Thomas Patton, a professor at New York state's Union College who has studied Myanmar's mystics.

From Barron's

Maybe there is hope after all for the rising generation of boys and men if even a heterodox public intellectual like Scott Galloway is willing to offer such traditional medicine for our contemporary male maladies.

From The Wall Street Journal

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