Main Entry: mal·aise

Pronunciation: \mə-ˈlāz, ma-, -ˈlez\

Function: noun

Etymology: French malaise, from Old French, from mal- + aise comfort — more at ease

Date: circa 1768

1 : an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
2 : a vague sense of mental or moral ill-being <a malaise of cynicism and despair — Malcolm Boyd>