malignant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /məˈlɪɡnənt/
Etymology
From Middle French malignant, from Late Latin malignans. See malign.
Meanings
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Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
[…]while, I fear, there will be some white ones, unable to forget that, with malignant heart, and deceitful speech, they have strove to hinder it.
1863 August 26, Abraham Lincoln, Letter to James Conkling, page 7:malignant temper; malignant revenge; malignant infection
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Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.
“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes[…]. And then, when you see [the senders], you probably find that they are the most melancholy old folk with malignant diseases. […]”
1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:a malignant tumor
malignant diphtheria
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most malignant | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more malignant | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
pseudomalignant · semimalignant · neuroleptic malignant syndrome · hematomalignant · malignantly · paramalignant · malignancy · nonmalignant · non-malignant · unmalignant · bovine malignant catarrhal fever · premalignant · malignin · malignant edema · malignant catarrhal fever · promalignant
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Synonyms
Translations (73)
nl kwaadaardig (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · az yaman ((medicine) tending to produce death) · az bədxassəli ((medicine) tending to produce death) · ca maligne ((medicine) tending to produce death) · tr habis ((medicine) tending to produce death) · sh zlòćudan ((medicine) tending to produce death) · ru болезнетво́рный (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · tr zararlı (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · tr kötü huylu ((medicine) tending to produce death) · sh малѝга̄н (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · cs maligní ((medicine) tending to produce death) · pl szkodliwy (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · lt piktybinis ((medicine) tending to produce death) · sh малѝга̄н ((medicine) tending to produce death) · pdt fientlich (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · it malevolo (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · cs zhoubný ((medicine) tending to produce death) · pl złośliwy ((medicine) tending to produce death) · sv elakartad ((medicine) tending to produce death) · mk зло́ќуден (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · hu rosszindulatú (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · fi vahingollinen (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · mk злока́чествен ((medicine) tending to produce death) · nl kwaadaardig ((medicine) tending to produce death) · nn vondarta ((medicine) tending to produce death) · fi pahanlaatuinen ((medicine) tending to produce death) · sh màlīgan (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · pt maligno (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · ca maligne (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · pt maligno ((medicine) tending to produce death) · ja 潑 (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · mi orotā ((medicine) tending to produce death) · uk злий (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · fr malin (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · nb malign ((medicine) tending to produce death) · nb ondartet ((medicine) tending to produce death) · id berbahaya (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · ru злока́чественный ((medicine) tending to produce death) · sh зло̀ћудан ((medicine) tending to produce death) · it maligno (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · uk злі́бний (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · fr malin ((medicine) tending to produce death) · tr kötü (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · el κακοήθης (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · ru зловре́дный (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · bg злокачествен ((medicine) tending to produce death) · hu rosszindulatú ((medicine) tending to produce death) · uk злоя́кісний ((medicine) tending to produce death) · de malign ((medicine) tending to produce death) · fr malveillant (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · el κακοήθης ((medicine) tending to produce death) · sv malign ((medicine) tending to produce death) · ga aingí (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · sh зло̀ћудан (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · de bösartig (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · eu gaizto ((medicine) tending to produce death) · grc κακοήθης ((medicine) tending to produce death) · hy չարորակ ((medicine) tending to produce death) · eu gaizto (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · ga urchóideach ((medicine) tending to produce death) · nn malign ((medicine) tending to produce death) · es maligno ((medicine) tending to produce death) · grc κακοήθης (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · es maligno (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · de bösartig ((medicine) tending to produce death) · fi pahantahtoinen (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · ga ainciseach ((medicine) tending to produce death) · sh màlīgan ((medicine) tending to produce death) · it maligno ((medicine) tending to produce death) · bg зловреден (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · fa بدخیم ((medicine) tending to produce death) · uk шкідли́вий (harmful, malevolent, injurious) · sh zlòćudan (harmful, malevolent, injurious)