i Register
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adj
Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
malignant temper; malignant revenge; malignant infection
[…]while, I fear, there will be some white ones, unable to forget that, with malignant heart, and deceitful speech, they have strove to hinder it.
Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.
malignant diphtheria
a malignant tumor
noun
A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society.
As devout Stephen was carried to his burial by devout men, so is it just and equal that malignants should carry malignants […]
A malignant in a position of real power immediately becomes a tyrant.
A person who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War.