English Explanatory Dictionary

malignant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
  2. Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.
noun
  1. A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society.
  2. A person who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War.

Pronunciation

/məˈlɪɡnənt/ en-us-malignant.ogg

Word forms

malignant more malignant most malignant malignants

Etymology

From Middle French malignant, from Late Latin malignans. See malign.

Synonyms

malicious malign malefic

Antonyms

benign non-malignant

Related words

malign

Derived words

bovine malignant catarrhal fever hematomalignant malignancy malignant catarrhal fever malignant edema malignantly malignin neuroleptic malignant syndrome non-malignant nonmalignant paramalignant premalignant promalignant pseudomalignant semimalignant unmalignant
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