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malady
an illness or serious disorder
Synonyms
- illness
- ailment
- disease
Antonyms
- health
- wellness
- vigor
malady in a sentence
Doctors struggled to identify the malady spreading through the village.
Clean water helped free the region from a malady that had persisted for generations.
Where it comes from
From Old French maladie, meaning 'sickness.'
Memory hook
MALADY begins like 'mal,' meaning bad: a malady is bad health.
Word parts
- mal — bad, evil
malady: mal- (bad) + habitus (condition)
Read it in context
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