malady
/ˈmæl.ə.di/
malady noun: any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
Noun
malady (plural maladies)
- Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
- As, to prevent our maladies unseen, / We sicken to shun sickness when we purge.1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet CXVIII”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
- The maladies of the body may prove medicines of the mind.a. 1812, Joseph Stevens Buckminster, It is Good for Me, that I have been Afflicted (sermon)
- A moral or mental defect or disorder.
- Love's a malady without a cure.1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
malady meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
malady in Hindi
- a disease, illness, or other health disorder
- रोग rog
malady in Tamil
- நோய், பிணி, வியாதி, நோயுறல், பிணியுறல்
malady in Urdu
- آزار, بیماری, مرض, روگ
malady in Bengali
- রোগ, অসুস্থতা
More languagesFewer languages
- malady in Malayalam
- അസുഖം asukhaṁ
- malady in Kannada
- ರೋಗ, ವ್ಯಾಧಿ, ಬೇನೆ, ಕಾಯಿಲೆ
Examples of malady in a sentence
- The malady left my body as a pitying of doves as I slept.
- The diagnosis of Kit's malady was soon verified, and Fleur went into purdah.
- There is a psychological malady in kimonas—they make folks lax, lazy, and largesome!
Synonyms of malady
Forms of malady
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Origin of malady
From Middle English maladie, from Old French maladie (“sickness, illness, disease”), from malade (“ill, sick”), from Latin male habitus (“ill-kept, not in good condition”), 1st century AD. See also malice and habit.
Words formed from malady
Questions about malady
- What does malady mean?
- Malady means any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
- What is malady in Hindi?
- Malady in Hindi is रोग (rog). See Malady meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is malady?
- Malady is a noun.
- How do you pronounce malady?
- Malady is pronounced /ˈmæl.ə.di/.
- What is the plural of malady?
- The plural of malady is maladies.
Words near malady in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: malady (page history and authors); malady (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malady (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malady (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malady (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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