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/məˈlɪɡnənt/
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Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
malignant temper; malignant revenge; malignant infection
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: malicious, malign, malefic
Antonyms: none provided
Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
malignant diphtheria a malignant tumor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: benign, non-malignant
A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A person who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, historical, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: benign
From Middle French malignant, from Late Latin malignans. See malign.
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Basque :
gaizto
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Bulgarian :
зловреден
(zlovreden)
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Catalan :
maligne
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Dutch :
kwaadaardig
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Finnish :
pahantahtoinen
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Finnish :
vahingollinen
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
French :
malin
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
French :
malveillant
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
German :
bösartig
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Greek :
κακοήθης
(kakoḯthis)
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Ancient Greek :
κακοήθης
(kakoḗthēs)
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Hungarian :
rosszindulatú
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Indonesian :
berbahaya
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Irish :
aingí
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Italian :
maligno
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Italian :
malevolo
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Japanese :
潑
(hatsu)
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Macedonian :
зло́ќуден
(zlóḱuden)
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Plautdietsch :
fientlich
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Polish :
szkodliwy
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Portuguese :
maligno
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Russian :
зловре́дный
(zlovrédnyj)
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Russian :
болезнетво́рный
(boleznetvórnyj)
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Serbo-Croatian :
малѝга̄н
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Serbo-Croatian :
зло̀ћудан
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Serbo-Croatian :
màlīgan
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Serbo-Croatian :
zlòćudan
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Spanish :
maligno
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Turkish :
zararlı
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Turkish :
kötü
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Ukrainian :
злий
(zlyj)
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Ukrainian :
злі́бний
(zlíbnyj)
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Ukrainian :
шкідли́вий
(škidlývyj)
— harmful, malevolent, injurious
Armenian :
չարորակ
(čʻarorak)
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Azerbaijani :
bədxassəli
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Azerbaijani :
yaman
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Basque :
gaizto
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Bulgarian :
злокачествен
(zlokačestven)
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Catalan :
maligne
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Czech :
zhoubný
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Czech :
maligní
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Dutch :
kwaadaardig
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Finnish :
pahanlaatuinen
— (medicine) tending to produce death
French :
malin
— (medicine) tending to produce death
German :
bösartig
— (medicine) tending to produce death
German :
malign
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Greek :
κακοήθης
(kakoḯthis)
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Ancient Greek :
κακοήθης
(kakoḗthēs)
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Hungarian :
rosszindulatú
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Irish :
ainciseach
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Irish :
urchóideach
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Italian :
maligno
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Lithuanian :
piktybinis
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Macedonian :
злока́чествен
(zlokáčestven)
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Māori :
orotā
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Norwegian Bokmål :
ondartet
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Norwegian Bokmål :
malign
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Norwegian Nynorsk :
vondarta
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Norwegian Nynorsk :
malign
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Persian :
بدخیم
(bad-xim)
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Polish :
złośliwy
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Portuguese :
maligno
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Russian :
злока́чественный
(zlokáčestvennyj)
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Serbo-Croatian :
малѝга̄н
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Serbo-Croatian :
зло̀ћудан
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Serbo-Croatian :
màlīgan
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Serbo-Croatian :
zlòćudan
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Spanish :
maligno
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Swedish :
malign
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Swedish :
elakartad
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Turkish :
kötü huylu
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Turkish :
habis
— (medicine) tending to produce death
Ukrainian :
злоя́кісний
(zlojákisnyj)
— (medicine) tending to produce death