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- Dictionarymalaise/məˈleɪz/
noun
- 1. a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or unease whose exact cause is difficult to identify: "a general air of malaise"
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The meaning of MALAISE is an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness. How to use malaise in a sentence.
MALAISE definition: 1. a general feeling of being ill or having no energy, or an uncomfortable feeling that something…. Learn more.
a feeling of unease or depression. a mild sickness, not symptomatic of any disease or ailment. a complex of problems affecting a country, economy, etc. Bulgaria's economic malaise.
a general feeling of being sick or having no energy, or an uncomfortable feeling that something is wrong, especially with society, and that you cannot change the situation: They claim it is a symptom of a deeper and more general malaise in society. We were discussing the roots of the current economic malaise. Synonym. uneasiness.
Malaise is a state in which people feel dissatisfied or unhappy but feel unable to change, usually because they do not know what is wrong.
1. a feeling of unease or depression. 2. (Pathology) a mild sickness, not symptomatic of any disease or ailment. 3. a complex of problems affecting a country, economy, etc: Bulgaria's economic malaise. [C18: from Old French, from mal bad + aise ease]
Malaise is a slump; you're not feeling your best — either mentally or physically. Mal is French for "bad," and aise means "ease." When experiencing malaise, ease yourself down on the couch to recover. Malaise is frequently used figuratively to describe slumps that other things go through as well.
