Definition of Malaise

1. Noun. Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression).

Exact synonyms: Unease, Uneasiness
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

maladministers
maladministration
maladministrations
maladroit
maladroitly
maladroitness
maladroitnesses
maladroits
malady
malagma
malaguena
malaguenas
malagueta
malaguetas
malahini
malaise (current term)
malaised
malaises
malakoplakia
malalignment
malamate
malambo
malamethane
malamic
malamic acid
malamide
malamides
malamute
malamutes
malander

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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