malignant

Meaning

Adj

1. Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
2. Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.

Noun

1. A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society.
2. (derogatory, historical, obsolete) A person who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War.

Opposite of

benign, non-malignant

Synonyms

malicious

wicked

pernicious

malign

vicious

evil

bad

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malevolent

spiteful

harmful

malignancy

deleterious

evil-minded

virulent

hostile

cancerous

mean

injurious

inveterate

malefic

maleficent

malice

morbid

murder

noxious

people

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pestilent

pungent

rabid

septic

spite

splenetic

morbific

unfavourable

venomous

violent

viperish

virulence

evil intention

bad quality

dispiteous

epithet of evil spirits

evil disposition

not offering

Evil

acid

bileful

acrid

acrimonious

baleful

Translations

maligno

maligno

bösartig

malin

kwaadaardig

maligno

κακοήθης

boosaardig

maligne

malveillant

maligne

méchant

pernicioso

pernicioso

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məˈlɪɡnənt/

Etymology

From Middle French malignant, from Late Latin malignans. See malign.