- Intense ill will or hatred; great malice.
- An act or a feeling of great malice.
- The condition or quality of being highly dangerous or injurious; deadliness.
malignity
Dictionary:
ma·lig·ni·ty (mə-lĭg'nĭ-tē)  |
n., pl., -ties.
| Thesaurus: malignity |
noun
- A desire to harm others or to see others suffer: despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness, viciousness. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.
| Word Tutor: malignity |
IN BRIEF: Evil Also: In a state tending to cause death.
The logic of the criminal was influenced by malignity.
| WordNet: malignity |
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
wishing evil to others
Synonym: malevolence
Meaning #2:
quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
Synonyms: malignancy, malignance
Antonym: benignity (meaning #1)
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