Synonyms of malaise

malaise

noun

1

as in illness

the condition of not being in good health

Her symptoms included fatigue and general malaise.

Related Words

• illness
• disease
• disorder
• sickness
• ailment
• fever
• ill
• dysfunction
• malady
• weakness
• trouble
• distemper
• upset
• condition
• complication
• infirmity
• ail
• bug
• complaint
• unhealthiness
• indisposition
• lethargy
• unsoundness
• affection
• affliction
• pip
• lameness
• debility
• distemperature
• feebleness
• invalidism
• decrepitude
• stupor
• debilitation
• matter
• lassitude
• invalidity
• sickliness
• languor
• torpor
• listlessness
• hypochondria
• attack
• frailty
• sickishness
• frailness
• weakliness
• fit
• bout
• hebetude

Dissimilar Words

• health
• wellness
• soundness
• strength
• wholesomeness
• shape
• healthiness
• fitness
• wholeness
• vitality
• vigor
• toughness
• hardiness
• stamina
• welfare
• robustness
• ruggedness
• heartiness
• recovery
• lustiness
• well-being
• bloom
• weal
• flush
• rehabilitation
• convalescence
• healing
• fettle
• recuperation
• vigorousness
• rehab
• mending
• rally
• comeback
• flushness
• snapback

2

as in fear

a general feeling that things are bad or wrong

They blame our modern malaise on overuse of technology.

Related Words

• fear
• concern
• anxiety
• fearfulness
• worry
• desperation
• oppression
• depression
• unease
• stress
• concernment
• uncertainty
• angst
• agitation
• desperateness
• uneasiness
• panic
• tension
• disquiet
• distress
• disquietude
• nervousness
• perturbation
• gloom
• anxiousness
• discomfort
• apprehension
• solicitude
• anguish
• vexation
• upset
• torment
• unhappiness
• sadness
• care
• sweat
• melancholy
• agita
• dismay
• apprehensiveness
• strain
• tremor
• disturbance
• blues
• jitters
• nervosity
• dreariness
• consternation
• doldrums
• despondency
• alarm
• joylessness
• distraction
• glumness
• gloominess
• hand-wringing
• doubt
• miserableness
• discomposure
• heartsickness
• mournfulness
• suspense
• desolation
• jumpiness
• dumps
• franticness
• edginess
• despondence
• dread
• sorrowfulness
• despond
• downheartedness
• foreboding
• forlornness
• misgiving
• compunction
• presentiment
• incertitude
• blue devils
• cold feet
• disconsolateness
• qualm
• mopes
• dispiritedness
• dolefulness
• scruple

Dissimilar Words

• unconcern
• satisfaction
• contentment
• ease
• content
• peace
• relief
• quietude
• tranquility
• serenity
• contentedness
• calmness
• calm
• placidity
• quiet
• easiness
• peacefulness
• consolation
• comfort
• solace
• optimism
• glee
• mirth
• merriment
• humor
• placidness
• joviality
• gaiety
• jollity
• lightheartedness
• sereneness
• cheerfulness
• tranquilness
• hopefulness
• gayness
• cheeriness
• sunniness
• cheer
• gleefulness
• mirthfulness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of malaise

The stuff that works here manages to blast past personal malaise with music that rocks. — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2026

All these Americans stand in a venerable tradition that has reemerged, again and again, in previous eras of economic and social inequality, government imbalance, and public malaise. — Trygve Throntveit, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026

Now, Mahomes and the Chiefs are undefeated through five games for only the third time in his career, and the offense much more closely resembles the heights of his torrid five-year start compared with the more recent three-season malaise. — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

Eduardo Gamarra, a politics professor at Florida International University, says the local economy's malaise has eclipsed all other issues. — Claudia Grisales, NPR, 18 Oct. 2026

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