Malignant
[mə'lɪgnənt]
Definition
(adj.) dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor) .
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Definition
(a.) Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious.
(a.) Characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious.
(a.) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria.
(n.) A man of extrems enmity or evil intentions.
(n.) One of the adherents of Charles L. or Charles LL.; -- so called by the opposite party.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Malign, MALICIOUS, malevolent.[2]. (Med.) Dangerous, fatal.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
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Definition
adj. disposed to do harm or to cause suffering: malign: acting maliciously: actuated by great hatred: tending to cause death.—n. a name applied by the Puritan party to one who had fought for Charles I. in the Civil War.—n. Malig′nancy Malig′nance state or quality of being malignant.—adv. Malig′nantly.
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Examples
- Under his rule were carried out the dragonnades, a peculiarly malignant and effectual form of persecution. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In full sight of whom, the malignant star of the Analytical has pre-ordained that pain and ridicule shall befall him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She never disseminated really malignant or dangerous reports. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- On the third day my mother sickened; her fever was very malignant, and the looks of her attendants prognosticated the worst event. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It was an odious face--crafty, vicious, malignant, with shifty, light-gray eyes and white lashes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He disco vered (with Joubert and Chamberland) the bacillus of malignant edema. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- If you wish to inflict a heartless and malignant punishment upon a young person, pledge him to keep a journal a year. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is a malignant swindle. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The man turned a shade paler and cast a malignant glance at Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They eyed me with malignant fury, yet withal there was a touch of respect in their demeanour. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- My dear aunt, spare the dead, observed Maurice, with a groan, for this old lady was really terrible with her malignant tongue. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But it is even so; the fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I was glad in my heart that I had been spared these scenes of malignant carnage. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The terror of his face lay in his eyes, however, steel gray, and glistening coldly with a malignant, inexorable cruelty in their depths. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- As an ointment it is especially applicable to the treatment of catarrh, malignant sores, abrasions, and other affections where a local remedy can be applied. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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