sickishness

noun

Definition of sickishnessnext
as in malaise

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  1. malaise
  2. illness
  3. disease
  4. unsoundness
  5. sickness
  6. dysfunction
  7. upset
  8. disorder
Noun
  • Conceived during an administration often synonymous with malaise elevated to a kind of national mood lighting, the department emerged as a federal colossus, ostensibly designed to manage the nation’s educational system with promises of equity, excellence, and upward mobility.
    Michael S. Rose, National Review, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The Chinese government has implemented stimulus measures aimed at pulling the world's second-largest economy out of a deflationary, slow-growth malaise.
    Axios, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of malaise
Noun
  • Smith’s mother grew up in gloomy circumstances, depressed by death and illness.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The 13-category scale is based on the percentage of doctor's visits that were for influenza-like illnesses (ILIs) in the previous week.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of illness
Noun
  • In recent decades, scientists have started to wonder whether Ravel composed Boléro not in spite of his disease, but because of it.
    Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Despite the challenges posed by zoonotic diseases in 2024, this year has also highlighted progress in understanding, monitoring, and responding to emerging diseases.
    John Drake, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of disease
Noun
  • In looking back at the history of Emtech, the colt who suffered a catastrophic breakdown in Saturday’s eighth race, it was discovered that he was once placed on the Veterinarian’s List because of unsoundness.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes near the Oroville Dam, because of the threat of imminent flooding due to structural unsoundness.
    Mercury News Readers, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2017
Definition of unsoundness
Noun
  • Researchers say there's consistent evidence that eating more of these foods is correlated with sickness, including mental health struggles.
    Andrea Muraskin, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Who is at risk for severe infection With the flu, someone can have a relatively mild sickness that lasts only a few days, or end up with severe illness that lands them in the hospital.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of sickness
Noun
  • This can lead to a range of health challenges, including developmental delays, organ dysfunction, and severe disabilities.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • This mindset can manifest as decreased effort and commitment in their own relationships, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy of dysfunction.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of dysfunction
Noun
  • Week 18 has produced plenty of improbable upsets before.
    Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Provided there are no upsets in the Senate appointment process, financier Scott Bessent will join his Cabinet as treasury secretary.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of upset
Noun
  • This finding has led researchers such as Christopher Walsh, the chief of the genetics and genomics division at Boston Children’s Hospital, to consider what other brain disorders might arise from somatic mutations.
    Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • New studies show that young people are developing psychotic disorders.
    Joanna Allhands, Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of disorder
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