The Only Use of
malaise
in
The Bluest Eye
- Like a sore tooth that is not content to throb in isolation, but must diffuse its own pain to other parts of the body—making breathing difficult, vision limited, nerves unsettled, so a hated piece of furniture produces a fretful malaise that asserts itself throughout the house and limits the delight of things not related to it.†
Chpt 2
Definition:
physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)