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maladies

NOUN

disease

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ache affliction ailment blight cancer disability disorder epidemic fever flu illness infection infirmity inflammation sickness syndrome virus

STRONG

affection attack bug complaint condition contagion debility distemper plague

WEAK

ill health

Antonyms

STRONGEST

comfort good health health relief strength

Example Sentences

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Both she and Cushman sought fashionable “hydropathy, or water cures” for painful maladies: Cushman suffered from breast cancer, and Stebbins from a respiratory affliction likely caused by inhaling marble dust.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

"They treat a whole host of maladies," said Thomas Patton, a professor at New York state's Union College who has studied Myanmar's mystics.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

When Colleen Henderson’s three-year-old daughter complained of pain while using the bathroom, doctors brushed it off as a urinary tract infection or constipation, common maladies in the potty-training years.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025

What if a drop of blood could be accurately tested to diagnose an array of maladies?

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2025

For one thing, I listened to her impressive list of maladies, something the general had long turned a deaf ear to.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini