mal·aise 
/məˈleɪz/ noun
/məˈleɪz/ noun 1 medical : a slight or general feeling of not being healthy or happy [noncount] ▪ The symptoms include headache, malaise, and fatigue. [singular] ▪ An infected person will feel a general malaise. ▪ a spiritual malaise 2 : a problem or condition that harms or weakens a group, society, etc. [noncount] ▪ postwar malaise [singular] ▪ The country's current economic problems are symptoms of a deeper malaise.
