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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness.
  2. n. A general sense of depression or unease: "One year after the crash, the markets remain mired in a deep malaise” ( New York Times).

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Uneasiness; discomfort; specifically, an indefinite feeling of uneasiness, often a preliminary symptom of a serious malady.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.
  2. n. An ambiguous feeling of mental or moral depression.
  3. n. Ill will or hurtful feelings for others or someone.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Med.) An indefinite feeling of uneasiness, or of being sick or ill at ease.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)

Etymologies

  1. From the French malaise ("ill ease"), from mal ("bad") + aise ("ease"). Compare ill at ease. (Wiktionary)
  2. French, from Old French : mal-, mal- + aise, ease; see ease. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • tchaymore "The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament." -- Dr. Evil Mar 5, 2012

  • hernesheir Might go good on "brains and eggs" that I've seen on menus in rural diners in the deep south of the USA. Nov 6, 2009

  • bilby A bad sauce made in Kuala Lumpur. Nov 6, 2009

  • jorge999 'malaise' ... a bad sauce Nov 6, 2009

  • andrew.simone not to be confused with the sandwich dressing. Dec 7, 2006

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