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Malady

/ˈmæl.ə.di/

Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.

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📖 Definitions of "Malady"

noun

1
Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
2
A moral or mental defect or disorder.

🔄 Synonyms of "Malady"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
sicknessnoun	The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness.
illnessnoun	(uncountable) A state of bad health or disease.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Malady"

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Word	Definition
illnessnoun	(uncountable) A state of bad health or disease.
sicknessnoun	The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness.
malnoun	(only in set phrases) illness, affliction.
malaisenoun	A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.
sicknoun	(British, Australia, colloquial) Vomit.
hurtnoun	An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.
disordernoun	Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
evilnoun	Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
badnoun	Something that is bad; a harm or evil.
diseasenoun	(medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
ill-healthnoun	Alternative form of ill health. [(idiomatic) A state of illness, or bad health.]
maladienoun	Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
conditionnoun	A state or quality.
ailmentnoun	Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.
medical conditionnoun	An illness, disease, trauma, disability, malfunction or some other medically measurable disorder of any kind.
affectionnoun	A feeling of love or strong attachment.
maldispositionnoun	A slant in an individual or a group, intellectualized humour, bad temper directed against someone or something
complaintnoun	The act of complaining.
malacianoun	(medicine, pathology) Abnormal softening of organs or tissues of the human body.
morbiditynoun	(medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.