Word

malady, n.
(maladies)
freq. cnt. 2

impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1

illness malady sickness unwellness

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ill

antonym

wellness

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sick

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

unwell

antonym

wellness

semantic pointers

hyponym

condition ague amyloidosis anuresis, anuria catastrophic illness collapse, prostration decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bends food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism disease hypermotility indisposition ozone sickness toxemia of pregnancy, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxaemia growth

hypernym

ill health, health problem, unhealthiness

any unwholesome or desperate condition
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

malady

sample sentences

"what maladies afflict our nation?"

semantic pointers

hypernym

condition, status