(ˈ)ma|lāz noun
or mal·ease (ˈ)ma|lēz
( -s )
Etymology: malaise from French, from Old French, from mal bad + aise comfort; malease alteration (influenced by ease ) of malaise — more at mal- , ease
1. : a sense of physical ill-being : an indefinite feeling of generalized debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
marked malaise and prostration are not features of the common cold in adults — Yale Kneeland
menstruation … gives rise to a characteristic malaise in some women — Journal American Medical Association
2. : a vague sense of mental or moral ill-being or uneasiness
without being able to analyze the source of his malaise , he felt that something ominous was impending — S.N.Behrman
the symptoms of his generation's malaise — Janet Flanner