malady
noun
mal·a·dy ˈma-lə-dē 
plural maladies
1
: a disease or disorder of the animal body
told by his physicians that he had a fatal malady
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: an unwholesome or disordered condition
poverty, homelessness, and other social maladies
Synonyms
- affection
- ail
- ailment
- bug
- complaint
- complication
- condition
- disease
- disorder
- distemper
- distemperature
- fever
- ill
- illness
- infirmity
- sickness
- trouble
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
in the olden days people were always suffering from some unknown malady
Recent Examples on the Web Officials have been trying to determine what was causing the malady that had sickened 11 people linked to a private clinic in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán, roughly 670 miles north of Buenos Aires. Dennis Romero, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2022 Burns dismissed persistent rumors that Putin, who traveled to Iran this week, is gravely ill from cancer or some other malady as unlikely. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022 Reps for the band pointed to the group’s Twitter post and did not immediately respond to questions about the nature of Maines’ malady. Chris Willman, Variety, 20 June 2022 Nevertheless, the absence of data collection around racial identity may conceal how certain groups might be disproportionately impacted by a malady. Wired, 14 July 2022 Perhaps Bennedith’s attraction to Mercuro is rooted in a shared existential malady. New York Times, 12 July 2022 Edward is in the grip of a grotesque malady that causes his flesh to desiccate and slough away. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 17 June 2022 The bad news is now the right-hander dealing with a different, somewhat more nebulous malady that's going to continue to keep him sidelined for at least the immediate future. Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2022 For those investigating the mysterious malady, that’s a real problem. Erin Prater, Fortune, 4 June 2022 See More
Dennis Romero, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2022 Burns dismissed persistent rumors that Putin, who traveled to Iran this week, is gravely ill from cancer or some other malady as unlikely. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022 Reps for the band pointed to the group’s Twitter post and did not immediately respond to questions about the nature of Maines’ malady. Chris Willman, Variety, 20 June 2022 Nevertheless, the absence of data collection around racial identity may conceal how certain groups might be disproportionately impacted by a malady. Wired, 14 July 2022 Perhaps Bennedith’s attraction to Mercuro is rooted in a shared existential malady. New York Times, 12 July 2022 Edward is in the grip of a grotesque malady that causes his flesh to desiccate and slough away. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 17 June 2022 The bad news is now the right-hander dealing with a different, somewhat more nebulous malady that's going to continue to keep him sidelined for at least the immediate future. Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2022 For those investigating the mysterious malady, that’s a real problem. Erin Prater, Fortune, 4 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English maladie, from Anglo-French, from malade sick, from Latin male habitus in bad condition
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
malady
noun
mal·a·dy ˈma-lə-dē
plural maladies
: a disease or disorder of the body or mind
Medical Definition
malady
noun
mal·a·dy ˈmal-əd-ē
plural maladies
: disease, sickness
a fatal malady
maladies
noun
as in diseases
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning in the olden days people were always suffering from some unknown malady Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- diseases
- ailments
- illnesses
- ills
- sicknesses
- fevers
- disorders
- conditions
- infections
- infirmities
- attacks
- ails
- bugs
- complications
- distempers
- troubles
- plagues
- complaints
- affections
- distemperatures
- contagious diseases
- contagions
- malaises
- weaknesses
- debilities
- bouts
- epidemics
- spells
- pests
- pestilences
- matters
- fits
- contagia
- decrepitudes
- pips