malady
ma luh dee
- n any unwholesome or desperate condition
- n impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
- I'm a happy and healthy 32-year-old male, and that's why this isn't a story about Viagra, a proven treatment for that dreaded malady.
- When the popular press invented a malady called "empty-nest syndrome," it failed to mention that its primary symptom is a marked increase in smiling.
- Why high schoolers don't careDropping SAT scores and school violence have been making headlines, but a more insidious malady has been infecting high schools.