Word Root: mal

bad, wrong
From Latin: mal
Sample words for the root mal: malicious, malevolent, malfeasance, malfunction, malady, malign, malnutrition, malediction, malice, malignant, maltreat, malaise, malcontent, maladroit, malapropism, malefactor, malingerer, malodorous. Each word has meanings and examples. Click their buttons to get sentences selected from classic works and modern media.

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 Words of mal
1 maladroit   Speak  
a. showing lack of skill; clumsy or awkward
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2 malady   Speak  
n. disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
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3 malaise   Speak  
n. general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness
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4 malapropism   Speak  
n. comic misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound
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5 malcontent   Speak  
n. a person dissatisfied with current conditions; a discontented person
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6 malediction   Speak  
n. curse; evil-speaking; the utterance of curse or execration
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7 malefactor   Speak  
n. criminal; one who does evil or injury to another
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8 malevolent   Speak  
a. having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
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9 malfeasance   Speak  
n. misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by public official
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10 malfunction   Speak  
n. failure; breakdown; faulty or abnormal functioning
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11 malice   Speak  
n. the enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another
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12 malicious   Speak  
a. deliberately harmful; proceeding from extreme hatred
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13 malign   Speak  
v. speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
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14 malignant   Speak  
a. injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
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15 malingerer   Speak  
n. one who feigns illness to escape duty
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16 malnutrition   Speak  
n. state of poor nutrition
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17 malodorous   Speak  
a. foul-smelling; having bad or offensive odor
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18 maltreat   Speak  
v. treat ill; abuse; treat roughly.
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