Steve Backshall

There's nothing more paralysing or more likely to make people fall into a malaise of believing they are powerless than just hearing that everything's negative and everything's shot to bits. It's really important that we know we can change this planet for the better and that every single one of us, no matter how small we may feel, has that power.

Jeff Lowe

More than five decades of hands grated by cracks. Whole body aching from long days of big-wall hauling. Tiny tents, bivy sacs, snow caves lashed by hurricane sleet. Frozen fingers and toes. Migraines and altitude malaise. Not knowing what's to come. It doesn't have to be fun to be fun.

American Athlete

David Starkey

Historians have become far too precious. Their work has become ever more specialised and, as they steadily lose the context of their studies, they end up knowing more and more about less and less. It's a malaise that has now infected A-levels and GCSEs.

English Historian

Frances McDormand

I think that there's a clinical mental illness called depression, but I believe that post-industrial America has been narcotized by progress. There's a cultural malaise - mental illness or no - that everybody suffers from at some point in their life.

American Actress

John Hersey

Many people who did not die right away came down with nausea, headache, diarrhea, malaise, and fever, which lasted several days. Doctors could not be certain whether some of these symptoms were the result of radiation or nervous shock.

American Writer

Kenneth R. Miller

We humans have a tendency to see ourselves as completely different from other animals, and the way in which large segments of the public continue to reject the theory of evolution is just one symptom of that malaise.

American Scientist

James Fallows

I seem to be one of the few people in journalism who never worked or wrote for the 'Boston Phoenix.' I certainly read and admired it, and feel the same general malaise at news that it is gone.

American Journalist

Mwai Kibaki

You have asked me to lead this nation out of the present wilderness and malaise on to the promised land, and I shall do so; I shall offer a responsive, transparent, and innovative leadership.

Kenyan Statesman

Leon Jouhaux

The working classes were becoming more and more sharply aware of the complex causes of international malaise.

French Leader

Mathieu Amalric

There is the melancholy of Europe. There is the romantic malaise. Feeling sad is almost a form of deepness.

French Actor

Refers to an ambiguous feeling of discomfort, without specific physical symptoms.

Broad Discomfort

Indicates someone's general unhappiness, often without a clear cause.

Emotional Indicator

Can be used metaphorically to describe a social situation, not just individual feelings.

Non-medical Use

Describes a widespread issue affecting groups or systems, not only individuals.

Societal Impact

When used in an academic or formal context, it often discusses profound societal issues.

Context-Aware

Often implies a shared mood that could lead to collective action or inaction.

Collective Mood

Emphasizes the emotional aspect of feeling generally unwell or unhappy.

Mood Descriptor

It's a subjective feeling, not a medically diagnosed condition.

Not Clinically Defined

Implies the individual is actively seeking ways to alleviate their feeling.

Coping Mechanisms

Used by health professionals to denote non-specific symptoms of illness.

Medical Significance

May be one of the first signs noticed before an illness is formally diagnosed.

Pre-Diagnostic Term

The term is often used for symptoms that are felt but difficult to describe quantitatively.

Vague Symptom

 So designers work on this particular malaise that we have, these kinds of discomforts that we have, and try to make life easier for us. Elasticity of mind is something that we really need, you know,

Malaise