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Synonyms for malignance
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : muh-lig-nuh n-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : məˈlɪg nən si |
Top 10 synonyms for malignance Other synonyms for the word malignance
- abhorrence
- abomination
- acerbity
- allergy to
- aversion
- bad blood
- bane
- bile
- carnality
- coldness
- corruption
- debasement
- debauchery
- decay
- degeneracy
- depravity
- despite
- despitefulness
- detestation
- dirt
- disapproval
- disfavor
- dislike
- displeasure
- down
- enmity
- envy
- evil
- evildoing
- execration
- grudge
- hard feelings
- hate
- hatefulness
- hatred
- horror
- hostility
- ignominy
- ill
- ill will
- immorality
- implacability
- indecency
- iniquity
- invidiousness
- lechery
- lewdness
- libidinousness
- licentiousness
- loathing
- looseness
- lubricity
- lust
- maleficence
- malevolence
- malice
- maliciousness
- malignance
- malignity
- meanness
- militancy
- mordacity
- no use for
- odium
- offense
- perversion
- pique
- poison
- prejudice
- profligacy
- rancor
- repugnance
- repulsion
- resentment
- revenge
- revulsion
- rot
- scorn
- sensuality
- spite
- spitefulness
- spleen
- squalor
- transgression
- trespass
- umbrage
- venality
- venom
- viciousness
- vindictiveness
- wickedness
- wrong
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for malignance
- admiration
- approval
- benevolence
- chastity
- cleanness
- decency
- delight
- desire
- development
- endorsement
- esteem
- forgiveness
- friendliness
- friendship
- good
- good point
- good will
- goodness
- growth
- happiness
- honor
- improvement
- joy
- kindness
- like
- liking
- love
- loving
- modesty
- morality
- obedience
- pleasure
- propriety
- purity
- rapport
- regard
- respect
- right
- strength
- sweetness
- sympathy
- thoughtfulness
- virtue
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