Definition of malaise
1
: an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
An infected person will feel a general malaise.
2
: a vague sense of mental or moral ill-being
a malaise of cynicism and despair— Malcolm Boyd
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The first known use of malaise was in 1768
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