Definition of "malaise" []

• A vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness. (noun)
• A general sense of depression or unease: "One year after the crash, the markets remain mired in a deep malaise” ( New York Times). (noun)

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• "* Carter did not use the word malaise in his politically disastrous televised speech of July 15, 1979."
• "And another thing too - when a malaise is as commonplace as 'street harassment/eve teasing' is, we become somewhat indifferent to it."
• "A pledge for a better tomorrow, a commitment by African leaders to liberate the continent from what they call a malaise of underdevelopment and exclusion."