malignancy
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- noun
- /məˈlɪɡnənsi/
- Formal
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malignidad
- The threat of betrayal, the malignancy of doubt, would have no place in their marriage.
And though that idea has become a malignancy in the culture to the extent that a lot of voters now simply believe it.
- And though that idea has become a malignancy in the culture to the extent that a lot of voters now simply believe it.
Examples
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The malignancy in his tone revealed his true feelings of hatred toward his rival.
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We have excised that particular malignancy from our network and will seek out a suitable replacement.
Fiction book (2002) -
His corruption is absolute, like a malignancy.
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More and more people are seeing conservatism for the malignancy in this country that it is.
Blog text (22) -
Farrell had been to prison, and he thought the daily malignancy he had witnessed there had hardened his heart.
Fiction book (1998) -
So, too, was the war on terror linked to Iraq, because our goal after September 11 was to address the deeper malignancies of the Middle East, not just the symptoms of them.
Academic text (2008) -
"Most evildoers aren't in it for the money—motiveless malignancy explains most of their actions."
Blog text (22) -
Doctors warned that the malignancy in the community's attitude toward the homeless must be addressed.
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She was concerned about the malignancy of gossip that spread through the office, harming people's reputations.
Synonyms
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Being very bad and morally wrong, often causing harm to others
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A quality of doing very bad things and wanting to harm people
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A feeling of wanting to harm other people
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A wish to hurt or make other people suffer
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A strong wish to hurt or cause pain to other people
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Very strong, hurtful words or actions toward someone
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Very evil behaviour that harms other people
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An intention to harm someone or act for bad reasons
A very harmful and cruel way of being that hurts other people
A strong wish to hurt other people
A feeling of wanting to harm other people
Being very bad and cruel to other people
A habit of being angry and unpleasant to others
Antonyms
How Evil
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Malignancy comes from the root mal- meaning 'bad', the same idea you see in malicious. So the word can mean great harm or 'ill will' — a deep, harmful feeling or action toward others.