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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)
When you have a malady, it is like something bad is holding you, such as an illness — the common cold: a malady of winter. Some bad habits cause maladies, such as never having any money — the malady of people who spend freely, not thinking of the future. Definitions of malady. noun.
6 days ago · noun Word forms: plural -dies. 1. any disorder or disease of the body, esp. one that is chronic or deepseated. 2. any undesirable or disordered condition. social maladies. a malady of the spirit. SYNONYMS 1. illness, sickness, affliction, complaint, ailment, indisposition.
Check pronunciation: malady. Definition of malady noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define malady. malady synonyms, malady pronunciation, malady translation, English dictionary definition of malady. illness; affliction; complaint: He had a chronic malady that sapped all of his energy.; any undesirable or disordered condition: a social malady Not to be...
Britannica Dictionary definition of MALADY. [count] formal. : a disease or illness. The patient was suffering from a mysterious malady [= ailment] that the doctors were unable to identify. — often used figuratively. unemployment and other social maladies.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Illness & disability mal‧a‧dy /ˈmælədi/ noun (plural maladies) [ countable] 1 formal a serious problem in society 2 old use an illness Examples from the Corpus malady • Some doctors still regard menopause as a malady. • Her chronic malady, the result of a golf injury ...
