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- pronunciation:
- mae
l
di
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
maladies |
| definition 1: |
an illness of the body or mind.
Alzheimer's disease is a terrible malady.A bit of a hypochondriac, he was sure he suffered from all kinds of maladies.- synonyms:
- ailment, disease, illness, infirmity, sickness
- similar words:
- affliction, complaint, condition, disorder, indisposition, malaise
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| definition 2: |
a disorderly or adverse condition.
We must address the malady of violence in our schools.- synonyms:
- derangement, disease, insanity, malaise, pestilence
- similar words:
- ailment, contagion, disorder, disruption, disturbance, infirmity, plague
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| related words: |
ill, illness |
The word malady
contains the following part:
mal, male
Latin
root
that means bad, evil, ill
  Example words:
- antonyms:
- ben, bene, bon
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