Meaning of MALIGNITY
| Pronunciation: | | mu'lignitee
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- [n] quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
- [n] wishing evil to others
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| | Synonyms: | | malevolence, malignance, malignancy |
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| | Antonyms: | | benevolence, benignancy, benignity, graciousness | | |
| | See Also: | | evil, evilness, hate, hatred, maleficence, malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, vengefulness, venom, vindictiveness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ma*lig"ni*ty\, n. [F. malignit['e], L. malignitas.]
1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do
evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.
2. Virulence; deadly quality.
His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in
his disease. --Hayward.
3. Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness;
heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud. [R.]
Syn: See {Malice}.
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