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- DictionaryMal·a·dy/ˈmalədē/
noun
- 1. a disease or ailment: literary "an incurable malady"
The meaning of MALADY is a disease or disorder of the animal body. How to use malady in a sentence. a disease or disorder of the animal body; an unwholesome or disordered condition…
a disease, or a problem in the way something works: She’s suffering from a variety of maladies, including dizziness, weakness, and headaches. (Definition of malady from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated. Synonyms: indisposition, ailment, complaint, affliction, sickness, illness. any undesirable or disordered condition: social maladies; a malady of the spirit. malady. / ˈmælədɪ / noun. any disease or illness. any unhealthy, morbid, or desperate condition.
noun [ C ] fml us / ˈmæl·ə·di /. Add to word list. Add to word list. a disease, or a problem in the way something works: She’s suffering from a variety of maladies, including dizziness, weakness, and headaches. (Definition of malady from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
A malady is an illness, like a malady that keeps you home, sick in bed for days, or something that causes you to have trouble or to suffer, like jet lag — a malady that affects travelers. Malady, pronounced "MAL-uh-dee," comes from the Latin words male, meaning "bad or ill" and habitus for "have, hold." When you have a malady, it is like ...
1. A disease, disorder, or ailment. 2. An unwholesome condition: the malady of discontent. [Middle English maladie, from Old French, from malade, sick, from Latin male habitus, in poor condition : male, badly; see mel- in Indo-European roots + habitus, past participle of habēre, to hold; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots .]
Definition of malady noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
