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Meanings of malady in English

Portuguese
enjoo
Catalan
afecció
Spanish
enfermedad
Wikidata

A definite pathological process having a characteristic set of signs and symptoms which are detrimental to the well-being of the individual.

enjoo

An injury, disorder or disease that causes physical or mental suffering to the affected person or animal.

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Examples for "ailment"
Examples for "ailment"
1
Officials in Seoul said that despite his ailment, Kim remained in control.
The Guardian
2
All the students are aware of the fatal nature of their ailment.
Reuters
3
And yet, as recently as autumn, his only noticeable ailment was arthritis.
The Irish Times
4
It could be some other type of ailment or disability, I allowed.
Mindhunter
5
I hinted that I'd suffered some minor female ailment that required surgery.
Tough customer: a novel
Usage of malady in English
1
Suffering supervenes, and in suffering lies the very crisis of the malady.
The Day of Wrath
2
The transference of the malady to the tree was simple but painful.
The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
3
Her malady begins far back before this day, does it not, Éomer?'
The lord of the rings
4
Experimentation is allowable if it's used to directly attack a patient's malady.
Shutter Island
5
But the malady would not wait; it augmented rapidly with strange symptoms.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 0...
6
The cheerfulness she displayed throughout her malady had nothing affected in it.
Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Volum...
7
The Jingo fever having abated, another malady appeared in the body politic.
Collections and Recollections
8
His malady is within him; and he cannot run away from it.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7
9
And, moreover, a malady will vary in its type in different zones.
The Art of Living in Australia / Together with Three Hundred Aus...
10
He knew his malady was mainly of the heart and the spirit.
Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India
11
We have the malady, whatever may be the cure or the cause.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
12
But the malady of play has been the ruin of us all.
The Virginians
13
Warren was suffering from no special malady; he was dying of exhaustion.
Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1
14
The inventor of the detective-fever had completely succumbed to that irresistible malady.
The Moonstone
15
His malady was a flux, which he had taken in the army.
The Autobiography of Madame Guyon
16
Before venturing to define the remedy, I begin by describing the malady.
In Darkest England, and the Way Out
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Translations for malady
Malady through the time
Malady across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common