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
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of malady
Everyone has a genetic predisposition to develop certain diseases, and a variety of external agents, including stress, can cause maladies to appear that otherwise would not.
—
David Segal, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Glasnow left his past two starts due to separate physical maladies.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The latest malady — the seventh concussion of his career — forced Dixon’s hand, but has also shaped a big-picture perspective.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
Weinstein has been reeling from numerous maladies, including heart problems and leukemia, in his half-decade behind bars.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for malady
David Segal, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Glasnow left his past two starts due to separate physical maladies.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The latest malady — the seventh concussion of his career — forced Dixon’s hand, but has also shaped a big-picture perspective.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
Weinstein has been reeling from numerous maladies, including heart problems and leukemia, in his half-decade behind bars.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for malady
Recent Examples of Synonyms for malady
Noun
-
This field includes liquid biopsy, referring to techniques that process bodily fluids such as blood, urine, and saliva for different disease biomarkers.—
Cat Wang,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
-
The Mayo Clinic says the disease is most often diagnosed when people are in their mid-60s.—
Christie D’Zurilla,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
Noun
-
The threadbare plot is set in motion when Tesfaye’s screen-self (henceforth referred to as Abel) loses his voice while touring, a real-life incident forced here into heavy-handed metaphor as an existential ailment symptomatic of his deeper issues with himself and women.—
Charles Bramesco,
IndieWire,
15 May 2025
-
Djokovic struggled with his fitness and had a reputation for pulling out of matches with various ailments.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
-
With this move, the FDA will limit the vaccine’s availability later this year to older adults and those who may be at risk of severe illness, Reuters reported.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
-
Advertisement Advertisement The group’s report presents four main drivers of chronic childhood illness, laying particular blame on the food children eat and their daily habits.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
22 May 2025
Noun
-
On one level, this flurry of proposals to ills that have been festering in California and domestically for years is more posturing than problem solving.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
-
Protectionists presented tariffs as the essential policy to quicken the development of manufactures as well as a remedy to the social ills that afflicted the emerging industrial working class.—
Made by History,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
Now cats are being used as props for deforestation propaganda and next-gen glitch art morphs the world into a Fibonacci fever dream.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
21 May 2025
-
Those could include high fever, cough, runny nose, watery eyes and a facial or hairline rash that tends to appear within five days of infection.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
20 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Malady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malady. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share