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nənt adjective
1.
disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
2.
very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect.
3.
Pathology.
a.
tending to produce death, as bubonic plague.
b.
(of a tumor) characterized by uncontrolled growth; cancerous, invasive, or metastatic.
Origin:
1535–45; < Late Latin malignant- (stem of malignāns), present participle of malignāre to act maliciously. See malign, -ant
1535–45; < Late Latin malignant- (stem of malignāns), present participle of malignāre to act maliciously. See malign, -ant
Related forms
ma·lig·nant·ly, adverb
non·ma·lig·nant, adjective
non·ma·lig·nant·ly, adverb
sem·i·ma·lig·nant, adjective
sem·i·ma·lig·nant·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. spiteful, malevolent. 2. perilous, hurtful, pernicious.
1. spiteful, malevolent. 2. perilous, hurtful, pernicious.
Antonyms
1–3. benign.
1–3. benign.
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malignant (məˈlɪɡnənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having or showing desire to harm others |
| 2. | tending to cause great harm; injurious |
| 3. | pathol (of a tumour) uncontrollable or resistant to therapy; rapidly spreading |
| —n | |
| 4. | history (in the English Civil War) a Parliamentarian term for a royalist |
| [C16: from Late Latin malīgnāre to behave spitefully, from Latin malīgnus | |
| ma'lignantly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
malignant
1568, in ref. to diseases, from L. malignans, prp. of malignere (see malign (adj.)). Earlier in the church malignant "followers of the antichrist," from L. ecclesiam malignantum in early Church writing, applied by Protestant writers to the Church in Rome (1542).
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Medical Dictionary
malignant ma·lig·nant (mə-lĭg'nənt)
adj.
Threatening to life, as a disease; virulent.
Tending to metastasize; cancerous. Used of a tumor.
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Science Dictionary
malignant  (mə-lĭg'nənt) Pronunciation Key
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
malignant definition
A descriptive term for things or conditions that threaten life or well-being. Malignant is the opposite of benign.
Note: The term malignant is used in describing cancerous tumors (see cancer) because such growths are a threat to the health of the individual.
Note: The term is often used in a general way to denote something that is both destructive and fast growing: “The malignant growth of the suburbs is destroying the landscape.”
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