Associations to the word «Malady»

Wiktionary

MALADY, noun. Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
MALADY, noun. A moral or mental defect or disorder.

Dictionary definition

MALADY, noun. Any unwholesome or desperate condition; "what maladies afflict our nation?".
MALADY, noun. Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne