malaise
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malaise
- /məˈleɪz/ UK
- /mæˈleɪz/ UK
- /məˈleɪz/ US
- /mɑˈleɪz/ US
- /-ˈlɛz/ US
Sounds like Malays · Rhymes with -eɪz
Where it comes from
From French malaise (“ill ease”), from mal- (“bad, badly”) + aise (“ease”). Compare ill at ease.
noun malaises
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A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.
Addressing tech malaise has become a trend with authors and self-help coaches – such as Catherine Price, author of How to Break Up With Your Phone, who, during a $295, 50-minute phone call, will offer you advice on things like how to create roadblocks to checking your phone by putting a rubber band
Similar: unease, doldrums, ill at ease
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An ambiguous feeling of mental or moral depression.
Their failure helped produce the widespread malaise reported by Thucydides: the Athenians "grieved over their private sufferings, the common people because, having started out with less, they were deprived even of that; the rich had lost their beautiful estates in the country, the houses as well as
Similar: melancholy, weltschmerz, angst
- Ill will or hurtful feelings for others or someone.
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Talk about this word "malaise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/malaise. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. malaise. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/malaise "malaise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/malaise.Cite this
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title = {malaise},
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