maladynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmæl.ə.di/us/ˈmæl.ə.di/formalmalady noun [ C ] (DISEASE)
a disease:
All the rose bushes seem to be suffering from the same mysterious malady.
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Disease & illness - general words
- autoimmune disease
- bilharzia
- bluetongue
- bout
- CFS
- CGD
- complaint
- dose
- dreaded lurgy
- endemic
- industrial disease
- lay
- life-threatening
- lurgy
- morbidity
- pandemic
- pinkeye
- strangulated
- syndrome
- wasting disease
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malady noun [ C ] (PROBLEM)
a problem within a system or organization:
Apathy is one of the maladies of modern society.
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Difficult things and people
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a bitter pill (to swallow) idiom
- a hard/tough nut to crack idiom
- albatross
- bane
- chill
- equation
- handicap
- hiccup
- hot potato
- impediment
- job
- labyrinth
- liability
- nut
- the chill wind of sth idiom
- the hard way idiom
- the sharp end
- the/a devil of a sth idiom
- thorn in your flesh/side idiom
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