SICKISHNESS Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

sickishness

noun

as in malaise

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Noun

Photograph by David Billet For years now, pop music has been suffused with a vague, or coded, malaise.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
Voter malaise and campaign fatigue aren’t new, but something feels different to me this time.

— Heather LaMarre, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of malaise

Noun

To be sure, practicing a zest for life can be harder for those who have physical illness and pain and those who engage in unhealthy lifestyle behaviors.

— Joan M. Cook, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
The Heat also didn’t have Pelle Larsson (illness) and Dru Smith (right calf strain) on Friday.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of illness

Noun

The first is to dramatically accelerate the pace of basic science, and the second is to accelerate curing disease and extending health span.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
DeVeydt added that costs for inpatient services and pharmacy, particularly costly specialty pharmacy drugs for cancer and rare diseases, remain elevated.

— Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of disease

Noun

Based on Alaïa Jade’s public reputation and the structural unsoundness of the bell tower, Smullen thinks an accidental death is likely.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
In looking back at the history of Emtech, the colt who suffered a catastrophic breakdown in Saturday’s eighth race, it was discovered that he was once placed on the Veterinarian’s List because of unsoundness.

— John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019

Definition of unsoundness

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The Dallas Cowboys are currently passing around a sickness in the facility, as four players have had a practice or game status affected by an illness over the last week.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026
Even the pancreas of a character’s unseen wife, the sickness in which AIG promises to double back and cure if only everyone keeps hurtling forward.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of sickness

Noun

The Medicare Advantage and D-SNP list drops authorization for speech and language treatment, group speech treatment, swallowing dysfunction and spinal chiropractic manipulation.

— JP Montoya, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Lorca’s bleak tragedy, written in 1936 two months before his assassination, has become a mainstay in the repertoire of classics centered on family dysfunction.

— Bill Hirschman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of dysfunction

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