malignant

UK /məˈlɪɡnənt/ US /məˈlɪɡnənt/
adj 2noun 2

Definitions

adj

1

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.

2

Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.

malignant diphtheria

a malignant tumor

noun

1

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.

2

A person who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War.

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