malaise
pronunciation
How to pronounce malaise in British English:
UK [məˈleɪz]
How to pronounce malaise in American English:
US [mæˈlez, -ˈlɛz]
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- Noun:
- physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)
Word Origin
- malaise
- malaise: see malign
- malaise (n.)
- c. 1300, maleise "pain, suffering; sorrow, anxiety," also, by late 14c., "disease, sickness," from Old French malaise "difficulty, suffering, hardship," literally "ill-ease," from mal "bad" (see mal-) + aise "ease" (see ease (n.)). The current use is perhaps a mid-18c. reborrowing from Modern French. A Middle English verbal form, malasen "to trouble, distress" (mid-15c.), from Old French malaisier, did not endure.
Example
- 1. Nablus 's commercial regeneration cannot cure a gnawing national malaise .
- 2. The third trend is a malaise in socialism , and not only in scandinavia .
- 3. Over the past four decades , we have experienced the oil embargo , carter-era malaise and a few recessions .
- 4. But with the current economic malaise and unreliable financial markets , colleges can no longer depend on consistent or high returns .
- 5. These officials said they believe iran showed a greater willingness to engage , precisely as a result of its growing economic malaise .