The definition of malaise is a general feeling of being tired or under the weather.
(noun)An example of malaise is when you start to get a cold and are just feeling kind of yucky.
See malaise in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: Fr < mal, bad (see mal-) + aise, ease
See malaise in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: French
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: : mal-, mal-
Origin: + aise, ease; see ease
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