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Definition of Malaise
1. Noun. Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression).
Generic synonyms: Discomfort, Uncomfortableness
Derivative terms: Uneasy
Definition of Malaise
1. n. An indefinite feeling of uneasiness, or of being sick or ill at ease.
Definition of Malaise
1. Noun. A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness. ¹
2. Noun. An ambiguous feeling of mental or moral depression. ¹
3. Noun. Ill will or hurtful feelings for others or someone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Malaise
1. a feeling of vague discomfort [n -S]
Medical Definition of Malaise
1. A vague feeling of bodily discomfort. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Malaise
Literary usage of Malaise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Power of Concentration by Theron Q. Dumont (1877)
"Quand, par une cause quelconque, ces matériaux ne sont pas en quantité suffisante,
il se produit un état de malaise que l'on appelle sentiment de faiblesse. ..."
2. A Cruise Upon Wheels: The Chronicle of Some Autumn Wanderings Among the by Charles Allston Collins (1863)
"THE suggestion of Monsieur Carrot brought the two heroes of this story back to
malaise as fast as they could walk ; and on arriving in the Rue de Guise, ..."
3. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1890)
"... say that these great distended vessels may not play a very important part in
the production of the pelvic and lumbar malaise.' Water Supply of Toronto. ..."
4. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"... among which may be cited : gastralgia, pyrosis, acidity, and the general
feeling of malaise so frequently attendant upon it. ..."
5. M. I. A.: Accounting for the Missing in Southeast Asia by Paul D. Mather (1995)
"... A WINDING DOWN A PERIOD OF malaise JL he fall of Saigon, preceded immediately
by the fall of Phnom Penh and followed shortly by the takeover of Laos by ..."
6. The American Sportsman: Containing Hints to Sportsmen, Notes on Shooting by Elisha Jarrett Lewis, George G. White (1863)
"Laying aside the headache and the general malaise that most usually attend excesses
of this kind, the nervous system, even in the most robust, ..."
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