Malignity
[mə'lɪɡnɪtɪ] or [mə'lɪgnəti]
Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.
(n.) Virulence; deadly quality.
(n.) Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness; heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Malice, malevolence, maliciousness, malignancy, hatred, animosity, ill-will.[2]. Virulence, fatality.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See GRAVE_and_FOOLISH]
Editor: Roxanne
Examples
- Then would you call injustice malignity? Plato. The Republic.
- It is not pity that you feel; you lament only because the victim of your malignity is withdrawn from your power. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- In spite of my malignity, it softened and attracted me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- No crime, no mischief, no malignity, no misery, can be found comparable to mine. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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