English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

mal — meaning in English

French → English · translate English → French instead

English meaning

  • badly adv In a poor, unsatisfactory, or incorrect way.
  • disease noun An illness affecting the body or mind, caused by infection, malfunction, or other harmful factors.
  • evil adjective Deeply immoral and cruel; deliberately intending to cause harm.
  • harm noun Physical injury or damage.
  • ill adjective Unwell or in poor health; sick.
  • pain noun An unpleasant physical sensation caused by injury or illness.
  • trouble noun A difficult, worrying, or dangerous situation or problem.
  • Un name A Korean given name element and surname, also familiarly used to refer to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
  • worst adj Most bad; lowest in quality or most severe.
  • wrong adj Incorrect or not true.

Senses

mal is used for these senses in English:

  • badly In a bad manner.
  • disease (medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
  • evil Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
  • harm Physical injury; hurt; damage.
  • ill Not well; imperfectly, badly
  • pain (countable, and, uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
  • trouble Difficulty in doing something.
  • un- (added to adjectives or past participles) not

badly — full definition

  1. adv In a poor, unsatisfactory, or incorrect way.
  2. adv To a great degree; very much.

disease — full definition

  1. noun An illness affecting the body or mind, caused by infection, malfunction, or other harmful factors.
  2. noun A harmful or corrupting pattern in a system, society, or way of thinking.

Related French words