malignancy
the quality or condition of being malignant.
malignant character, behavior, action, or the like: the malignancies of war.
a malignant tumor.
Origin of malignancy
1- Also ma·lig·nance (for defs. 1, 2) .
Other words from malignancy
- non·ma·lig·nance, noun
- non·ma·lig·nan·cy, noun, plural non·ma·lig·nan·cies.
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How to use malignancy in a sentence
It was a thing of implacable malignance, of incredible ferocity.
The Forgotten Planet | Murray LeinsterWithout a word, Lawler leaped and struck with bitter malignance.
The Trail Horde | Charles Alden SeltzerYou have hinted that It has a special motive for fixing hate upon me beyond mere malignance toward mankind.
The Thing from the Lake | Eleanor M. IngramThe old man's eyes, full of cold feline malignance, were turned upon her, and La Cibot shivered.
Cousin Pons | Honore de BalzacHe was a fiery orator, and I felt on this occasion that he delivered himself straight at me, with a very poorly veiled malignance.
The Boss of Little Arcady | Harry Leon Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for malignancy
/ (məˈlɪɡnənsɪ) /
the state or quality of being malignant
pathol a cancerous growth
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