malady
Any ailment or disease of the bodyAny ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
» She suffers from a chronic malady.
Sie leidet an einer chronischen Krankheit.
Она страдает от хронической болезни.
Meaning
2 sensesAny ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
Krankheit, Übel
боле́зньboléznʹ, заболева́ниеzabolevánije, расстро́йствоrasstrójstvo
A moral or mental defect or disorder.
- any unwholesome or desperate condition
- impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
Examples
5 sentencesShe suffers from a chronic malady.
ruОна страдает от хронической болезни.
deSie leidet an einer chronischen Krankheit.
The malady of our time is perfectionism.
The doctor said that this malady is untreatable.
deDer Arzt sagte, dass diese Krankheit unheilbar sei.
Resist beginnings. The medicine is prepared too late when the malady has become entrenched.
His mother, a tall, pale, taciturn woman, died of anaemia, and his father of some uncertain malady.
ruЕго мать - высокая, бледная, молчаливая женщина - умерла от анемии, а его отец - от какой-то неизвестной болезни.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English maladie, from Old French maladie (“sickness, illness, disease”), fromFrom Middle English maladie, from Old French maladie (“sickness, illness, disease”), from malade (“ill, sick”), from Latin male habitus (“ill-kept, not in good condition”), 1st century AD. See also malice and habit.
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Forms
plural: maladiesSynonyms
7 synonyms- impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism:illnessunwellnesssickness