What does MALAISE mean?

Definitions for MALAISE
mæˈleɪz, -ˈlɛz, mə-malaise

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. malaise, unease, uneasinessnoun

    physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)

Wiktionary

  1. malaisenoun

    A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.

  2. malaisenoun

    An ambiguous feeling of mental or moral depression.

  3. malaisenoun

    Ill will or hurtful feelings for others or someone.

  4. Etymology: From the malaise#French, from mal + aise. Compare ill at ease.

Wikipedia

  1. Malaise

    As a medical term, malaise is a feeling of general discomfort, uneasiness or lack of wellbeing and often the first sign of an infection or other disease. The word has existed in French since at least the 12th century. The term is often used figuratively in other contexts, in addition to its meaning as a general state of angst or melancholy.

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  1. malaise

    Malaise is a general feeling of discomfort, uneasiness, or illness, often without a clear or identifiable cause. It is typically an indication of a physical or mental health disorder.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Malaisenoun

    an indefinite feeling of uneasiness, or of being sick or ill at ease

  2. Etymology: [F., fr. mal ill + aise ease.]

Wikidata

  1. Malaise

    Malaise is a feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness, of being "out of sorts", often the first indication of an infection or other disease. Malaise is often defined in medical literature as a "general feeling of being unwell". The word has existed in the French language since at least the 12th century. The term is also often used figuratively in other contexts; for example, "economic malaise" refers to an economy that is stagnant or in recession. The term is particularly associated with the 1973–75 recession. A speech made by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 is commonly referred to as the "malaise" speech, even though Carter did not actually use the term in this speech.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Malaise

    ma-lāz′, n. uneasiness: a feeling of discomfort or of sickness. [O. Fr. malaise.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Malaise

    an uneasy feeling which often precedes a serious attack of some disease.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. MALAISE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Malaise is ranked #126018 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Malaise surname appeared 136 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Malaise.

    93.3% or 127 total occurrences were White.
    3.6% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of MALAISE in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of MALAISE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of MALAISE in a Sentence

  1. Geraldo Rivera:

    I think that what's happening seriously is a COVID malaise, i really believe that if we had been beating the disease this holiday season, people would be upbeat … It's something that preoccupies everybody. With … the uncertainties of the disease I think that the country's in a very sour mood and Joe Biden['s] … misfortune is [being] on the receiving end of that.

  2. Kim Ford:

    Long Covid patients have post-exertional malaise, which is Jack's biggest issue, so if he overdoes it -- and it doesn't even have to be physically overdoing it. It could be he was really upset about something the day before, or he could be really mentally engaged with something like watching TV or playing video games sitting in his chair -- will knock him out.

  3. John Saunders:

    We see the current malaise as a good entry point that we believe will throw up some good opportunities.

  4. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez:

    The most common symptom of Long COVID is fatigue, and that was not on this list. Also missing was post-exertional malaise, dysautonomia/POTS, or ME/CFS. These are some of the major presentations I am seeing in my clinic population, so it is a major limitation of this study to not have those outcomes.

  5. Eric Kalonji:

    This xenophobia thing is the result of a deeper malaise (in) South Africans a better policy from the government should be empowering the people with wider access to education so that they will qualify for the jobs that they say they deserve.

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