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Grammar : Noun
Spell : muh-lig-nuh n-see
Phonetic Transcription : məˈlɪg nən si



Definition of malignance

Origin :
  • c.1600, "malignant nature," from malignant + -cy. Of growths, tumors, from 1680s.
  • As in malice : noun hate, vengefulness
  • As in vice : noun bad habit; sin
  • As in hatred : noun severe dislike
Example sentences :
  • She's heard that the malignance of mummies, especially in museums, is incredible.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • There is, of course, in much of this something of the malignance of party.
  • Extract from : « Washington and his Comrades in Arms » by George Wrong
  • Being but a little wisp of a man, all malignance and no courage, he would have fled when he saw me.
  • Extract from : « The Master of Appleby » by Francis Lynde
  • There was malignance, there was red anger, but there was entreaty, the cry of a slave to a master.
  • Extract from : « The Pursuit » by Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile
  • She was about to speak when he abruptly halted and faced her with a petrifying burst of malignance.
  • Extract from : « Ewing\'s Lady » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • For some unexplainable reason the world, his particular world, seemed to have lost its malignance.
  • Extract from : « The Real Man » by Francis Lynde
  • Soon afterward Eabani becomes ill, no doubt through the malignance of the goddess Ishtar.
  • Extract from : « An Introduction to Mythology » by Lewis Spence
  • She was hysterically, passionately spiteful—almost to the point of malignance.
  • Extract from : « Robin » by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Synonyms for malignance

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