malady
/MAL-uh-dee/nouna disease or ailment; a persistent problem
“No doctor could name the strange malady that sapped his strength.”
- Synonyms
- illness, ailment, affliction
- Antonyms
- health, vigor
- Root
- mal- (bad)
- Memory hook
- mal (bad) + ady: a bad state of the body.
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