Malady
noun
A sickness or disease.
He was suffering from an unknown malady that the doctors couldn't diagnose.
Often appears as...
- suffer from a malady
- diagnose a malady
noun
A serious problem.
Poverty is a malady that affects all societies to some extent.
Often appears as...
- combat a malady
- address a malady
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
noun
A sickness or disease.
He was suffering from an unknown malady that the doctors couldn't diagnose.
Often appears as...
- suffer from a malady
- diagnose a malady
noun
A serious problem.
Poverty is a malady that affects all societies to some extent.
Often appears as...
- combat a malady
- address a malady
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Health Context
Use 'malady' when discussing health issues, especially those of a less certain nature.
His persistent cough was a malady that puzzled the specialists.
Pro Tip 2/3Chronic Illness
'Malady' is often used to describe chronic or serious conditions, rather than minor illnesses.
She has battled a malady for years with courage.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Tone
'Malady' can be used to introduce a more literary or formal tone compared to 'sickness'.
The novel's hero was stricken by a mysterious malady.
Pro Tip 1/3Health Context
Use 'malady' when discussing health issues, especially those of a less certain nature.
His persistent cough was a malady that puzzled the specialists.
Pro Tip 2/3Chronic Illness
'Malady' is often used to describe chronic or serious conditions, rather than minor illnesses.
She has battled a malady for years with courage.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Tone
'Malady' can be used to introduce a more literary or formal tone compared to 'sickness'.
The novel's hero was stricken by a mysterious malady.
Pro Tip 1/3Health Context
Use 'malady' when discussing health issues, especially those of a less certain nature.
His persistent cough was a malady that puzzled the specialists.
Pro Tip 2/3Chronic Illness
'Malady' is often used to describe chronic or serious conditions, rather than minor illnesses.
She has battled a malady for years with courage.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Tone
'Malady' can be used to introduce a more literary or formal tone compared to 'sickness'.
The novel's hero was stricken by a mysterious malady.
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Video examples
Michael Merzenich:...
are now in a protected position. My issues are to try to get to rescuing older citizens more completely and in larger numbers, because I think this can be done in this arena on a vast scale -- and the same for kids. My main interest is how to elaborate this science to address other maladies.
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New World Voodoo PIPE...
a trans he'll end your body but you're no longer there fully possessed Walter can now help people by reaching out to bad spirits in them and curing maladies this man wants to atone for pain he's caused his father in the
Video examples
Michael Merzenich:...
are now in a protected position. My issues are to try to get to rescuing older citizens more completely and in larger numbers, because I think this can be done in this arena on a vast scale -- and the same for kids. My main interest is how to elaborate this science to address other maladies.
Video examples
New World Voodoo PIPE...
a trans he'll end your body but you're no longer there fully possessed Walter can now help people by reaching out to bad spirits in them and curing maladies this man wants to atone for pain he's caused his father in the
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Quote examples
Nicolas Winding Refn
Danish Director
Denmark is like a Sylvanian world, but one thing it breeds is malady. The malady is generally in good taste. Opinions are correct. That is the chief enemy of creativity.
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Jules Verne
French Author
Numerous observations made upon fevers, somnambulisms, and other human maladies, seem to prove that the moon does exercise some mysterious influence upon man.
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Jeff Lowe
American Athlete
The challenges of adventure, rock climbing and alpinism trained me well for dealing with the slow neurodegenerative malady I'm experiencing.
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Manisha Koirala
Nepalese Actress
The poor lifestyle I had been leading made my body susceptible to diseases. Had it not been cancer, some other malady would have struck me.
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Eric Hoffer
American Writer
It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
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Gao Xingjian
Chinese Novelist
When fashion sweeps in, artists follow suit. I think this is the malady of contemporary art.
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Amos Bronson Alcott
American Educator
To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
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Jack Nicklaus
American Golfer
There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.
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John Fletcher
English Dramatist
I find the medicine worse than the malady.
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John Dryden
English Poet
But love's a malady without a cure.
Quote examples
Nicolas Winding Refn
Danish Director
Denmark is like a Sylvanian world, but one thing it breeds is malady. The malady is generally in good taste. Opinions are correct. That is the chief enemy of creativity.
Quote examples
Jules Verne
French Author
Numerous observations made upon fevers, somnambulisms, and other human maladies, seem to prove that the moon does exercise some mysterious influence upon man.
Quote examples
Jeff Lowe
American Athlete
The challenges of adventure, rock climbing and alpinism trained me well for dealing with the slow neurodegenerative malady I'm experiencing.
Quote examples
Manisha Koirala
Nepalese Actress
The poor lifestyle I had been leading made my body susceptible to diseases. Had it not been cancer, some other malady would have struck me.
Quote examples
Eric Hoffer
American Writer
It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
Quote examples
Gao Xingjian
Chinese Novelist
When fashion sweeps in, artists follow suit. I think this is the malady of contemporary art.
Quote examples
Amos Bronson Alcott
American Educator
To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
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Jack Nicklaus
American Golfer
There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.
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John Fletcher
English Dramatist
I find the medicine worse than the malady.
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John Dryden
English Poet
But love's a malady without a cure.
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