as in disease
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning
in the olden days people were always suffering from some unknown malady
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Recent Examples of malady
Another facet is that spending does at times provide a sense of relief from stress, sadness, boredom, and other maladies.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
The Texas Compassionate Use Act permits the sale of marijuana products to qualified consumers with maladies like MS and cancer.
—John Burnett, NPR, 13 Jan. 2025
That kind of malady might require substantial time and attention to cure.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025
There may be no malady more frightening than prion diseases.
—Christie Wilcox, science.org, 27 Dec. 2024
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
The Texas Compassionate Use Act permits the sale of marijuana products to qualified consumers with maladies like MS and cancer.
—John Burnett, NPR, 13 Jan. 2025
That kind of malady might require substantial time and attention to cure.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025
There may be no malady more frightening than prion diseases.
—Christie Wilcox, science.org, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malady
Noun
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How long that takes depends on the course of the disease and farmer operations.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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Leukemia, a disease of the blood and bone marrow, disrupts the body's ability to produce normal blood cells.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
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More news: Browns' Myles Garrett Speaks Out Following Shocking Trade Request Landon Dickerson and Cam Jurgens were both listed as full participants, which is huge news considering both were dealing with ailments leading into the NFC Championship game.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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Details of the characters’ psychologies — Belle’s impulse to fake an ailment whenever she’s threatened, or Milla’s doubling down on pseudoscience to protect herself from facing mortality — are introduced, underlined, and then hammered over repeatedly.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2025
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Clark said the Naval Special Warfare Command reported 1,168 cases of acute gastrointestinal illnesses, such as nausea, diarrhea and vomiting, among Navy SEAL and Special Warfare Combat crewman candidates at the Coronado base from January 2019 to May 2023.—
Tammy Murga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
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The Heat was missing Bam Adebayo (left knee contusion), Andrew Wiggins (stomach illness), Josh Christopher (G League), Keshad Johnson (G League), Kevin Love (personal reasons), Terry Rozier (stomach illness), Dru Smith (left Achilles surgery) and Isaiah Stevens (G League) against the Mavericks.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The superrich have always wielded inordinate economic and social power and, as such, have plenty of historical ills to answer for.—
Brian Klaas,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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The latest example is Tony Scholes, the Premier League’s chief football officer, who commented at a media event this week that officials may crack down on one of the modern game’s great ills: goal celebrations.—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
6 Feb. 2025
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The film’s ghostly images are at once flattened and alive, hovering in visual purgatory as scenes begin to feel not only like fever dreams, but out-of-body observations of the dreamers themselves.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Measles is a highly contagious airborne illness that can cause rash, fever, red eyes and cough.—
Neha Mukherjee,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Malady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malady. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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