noun [U,sing.] (formal)
1 the problems affecting a particular situation or group of people that are difficult to explain or identify:
economic / financial / social malaise * The latest crime figures are merely symptomatic of a wider malaise in society.
2 a general feeling of being ill, unhappy or not satisfied, without signs of any particular problem:
a serious malaise among the staff
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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