malignity

Noun
Synonyms: malevolencemalignancymalignance

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. wishing evil to othersSynonyms: malevolence
  2. quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill willSynonyms: malignancymalignance
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Malignity \Ma*lig"ni*ty\, n. [F. malignit['e], L. malignitas.]

1.The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite. [1913 Webster]

2.Virulence; deadly quality. [1913 Webster]

His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease.— Hayward.[1913 Webster]

3.Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness; heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Syn: See Malice. [1913 Webster]

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