Definition:
A state of depression or melancholy. Feeling of being sick or saddened. Operating under a dark cloud.
Pronunciation:
ma - LAZE
Also Known As:
melancholy, depression, disquiet, funk
Examples:
"He was suffering, too, from the malaise peculiar to men who suddenly acquire riches; secret impulses drove him to gratifications which would not otherwise have troubled his thoughts." George Gissing, Demos
"And once more he felt the malaise of one who contemplates himself as seen by another--like a dog who chances on his refection in a mirror and is intrigued and anxious at the unseizable thing." John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga
