n.
Pronunciation: m ə - ' l ā z, ma-, - ' lez
Function: noun
Etymology: French malaise, from Old French, from mal- + aise comfort ― more at EASE
Date: circa 1768
1 : an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
2 : a vague sense of mental or moral ill-being <a malaise of cynicism and despair ― Malcolm Boyd>