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Synonyms & Antonyms of malaise
1
the condition of not being in good health
- Her symptoms included fatigue and general malaise.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for malaise
- affection,
- affliction,
- ail,
- ailment,
- bug,
- complaint,
- complication,
- condition,
- disease,
- disorder,
- distemper,
- distemperature,
- dysfunction
- (also disfunction),
- fever,
- ill,
- illness,
- infirmity,
- malady,
- sickness,
- trouble,
- upset
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for malaise
2
a general feeling that things are bad or wrong
- They blame our modern malaise on overuse of technology.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for malaise
- agita,
- agitation,
- anxiety,
- anxiousness,
- apprehension,
- apprehensiveness,
- care,
- concern,
- concernment,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- unease,
- fear,
- nervosity,
- nervousness,
- perturbation,
- solicitude,
- sweat,
- uneasiness,
- worry
- alarm
- (also alarum),
- anguish,
- consternation,
- desperateness,
- desperation,
- discomfort,
- discomposure,
- dismay,
- distraction,
- distress,
- disturbance,
- edginess,
- franticness,
- hand-wringing,
- jitters,
- jumpiness,
- panic,
- tremor
- blue devils,
- blues,
- depression,
- desolation,
- despond,
- despondence,
- despondency,
- disconsolateness,
- dispiritedness,
- doldrums,
- dolefulness,
- downheartedness,
- dreariness,
- dumps,
- forlornness,
- gloom,
- gloominess,
- glumness,
- heartsickness,
- joylessness,
- melancholy,
- miserableness,
- mopes,
- mournfulness,
- oppression,
- sadness,
- sorrowfulness,
- unhappiness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for malaise
- calm,
- calmness,
- content,
- contentedness,
- contentment,
- ease,
- easiness,
- peace,
- peacefulness,
- placidity,
- placidness,
- quiet,
- quietude,
- satisfaction,
- sereneness,
- serenity,
- tranquillity
- (or tranquility),
- tranquilness
- gaiety
- (also gayety),
- gayness,
- glee,
- gleefulness,
- humor,
- jollity,
- joviality,
- lightheartedness,
- merriment,
- mirth,
- mirthfulness
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The first known use of malaise was in 1768
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