Synonyms for malaise
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Unease — A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness
2. Angst — an ambiguous feeling of mental or moral depression
Definitions
- n. 1
A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.
- n. 2
An ambiguous feeling of mental or moral depression.
Forms
- Plural
- malaises → uneasinesses, melancholies, sicknesses, blahs…
Example sentences
- unease Ziri began to feel his sense of unease increasing.
- uneasiness He took a deep breath and tried to put his uneasiness to rest.
- doldrums Tom was down in the doldrums after Mary walked out on him.
- melancholy My language has five hundred words for melancholy.
- angst Angst is the fear of our own incapacity for peace.
- blah We drank some booze and started to blah, blah, blah.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| malaise | rising | |
| unease | rising | |
| uneasiness | steady | |
| doldrums | steady | |
| melancholy | rising | |
| angst | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- blah1
- 5 letters
- angst1
- 6 letters
- unease2
- 8 letters
- sickness2, doldrums2
- 10 letters
- melancholy4, uneasiness4
- 11 letters
- weltschmerz
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unease2 = 2 syllables).