ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsMmalaise
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malaise
Meaning: a general feeling of unease, weakness, or depression
malaise in a sentence
How malaise is used in real sentences:
A mood of malaise spread through the town after the factory closed.
The unexplained fatigue and persistent malaise kept Elena home from school.
“The attacks created a malaise among junior clerks, who wondered whether honest testimony would ruin them too.”
— from the passage The Season of Reckoning
Synonyms for malaise
Other words for malaise — unease, discomfort and disquiet — carry the same meaning.
- unease
- discomfort
- disquiet
Antonyms of malaise
Words that mean the opposite of malaise:
- comfort
- vigor
- wellbeing
Where it comes from
From French malaise, meaning 'discomfort' or literally 'ill ease.'
Memory hook
MAL-AISE means 'bad ease': malaise is a state of feeling ill at ease.