Malady
['mælədɪ] or ['mælədi]
Definition
(noun.) any unwholesome or desperate condition; 'what maladies afflict our nation?'.
Typist: Morton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
(n.) A moral or mental defect or disorder.
Checker: Lola
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Disease, distemper, disorder, complaint, ail, ailment, sickness, illness, indisposition.
Checker: Patty
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Disorder, distemper, sickness, ailment, disease, complaint, illness
ANT:Health, sanity, soundness, heartiness, vigor, bloom
Editor: Melinda
Definition
n. illness: disease either of the body or of the mind.
Checker: Rene
Examples
- We were aware, I answered, that the malady was considered infectious. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Many, already smitten, went home only to die: some died at the school, and were buried quietly and quickly, the nature of the malady forbidding delay. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- At any rate he sickened, and after opposing to the malady a taciturn resistance for a day or two, was obliged to keep his chamber. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- At any rate, I had a touch of Mr. Franklin's malady that night. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The malady will wear out by and by, the doctors say, but in the meantime she has to lie down for a twelvemonth. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The long duration of his malady has probably erased from his mind all vestige of her; and it were well that it should never again be imprinted. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He was again in the grip of his mysterious malady. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I may be stung, I may seem to droop for a time, but no pain or malady of sentiment has yet gone through my whole system. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I cannot linger here; I long to soothe --perhaps to cure the malady of my first and best friend. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Of course with him it was held to be another effect of the same cause: it was all optical illusion--nervous malady, and so on. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Your letter found me under a severe fit of my malady, which prevented my answering it sooner, or attending, indeed, to any kind of business. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- In addition to my older malady, I have had a sudden and bad attack. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I could not help thinking that his strange, catchy little laugh was also a symptom of some nervous malady. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The inventor of the detective-fever had completely succumbed to that irresistible malady. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Are these the usual changes of your malady, madame? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- We are ashamed of such maladies as affect others, and are either dangerous or disagreeable to them. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
Editor: Ricky