MALADY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

malady

noun

ˈma-lə-dē

Definition of malady

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 Many business leaders like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argue companies are AI washing, or using the technology as an apt justification for layoffs when in reality, they’re enacted due to another underlying budgetary malady. — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 29 May 2026 Simmons also argued that medical tests would show that Chen’s maladies are not consistent with drinking Drano, but are more likely from acid reflux. — City News Service, Oc Register, 29 May 2026 Heart disease kills more people worldwide than any other malady, and even though doctors use cholesterol-lowering medications and recommend lifestyle habits to control major risk factors. — Alice Park, Time, 28 May 2026 Proust apologises for his late arrival, ascribing it to malady, before going into the symptoms in some detail. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for malady

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Noun

Already large clinical trials are testing if certain drugs could prevent or at least delay the disease — and if any of those pan out, doctors will need an easy way to tell who should try them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 July 2026
The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office determined Quinonez Palomares died of cardiovascular disease, with obesity listed as a significant contributing condition.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of disease

Noun

For the third time in a year, his young career has been temporarily derailed by an injury — this time, a thumb ailment that will sideline him into August.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
The respiratory ailment's name comes from an outbreak that hit attendees of an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026

Definition of ailment

Noun

Meanwhile, investigations into similar illnesses have been going on in 28 other states, including in Ohio, where people just across the Michigan border are also becoming sick.

— Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
But then again, Rice is said to be suffering from illness, too.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of illness

Noun

Last month, Kwon’s team, in collaboration with Seongju Kim at Hanbat National University, in Daejeon, South Korea, presented its solution to HBM’s future ills.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026
Hualde says that some Pamplona residents rue his early promotion of the festival due to the ills of overtourism the sleepy provincial city is now experiencing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026

Definition of ill

Noun

Kansas City got just a small taste of the magnetic fever over Lionel Messi, the global superstar who is regarded as one of the best ever to kick a ball.

— PJ Green July 13, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
While most infected people are asymptomatic, some may experience fever, headaches and body aches, and less than 1% develop severe illness that may result in hospitalization or death.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026

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