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Meaning of 'malignant' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Malignant [ a.]
- Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious.
- Characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious.
- Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria.
2 . Malignant [ n.]
- A man of extrems enmity or evil intentions.
- One of the adherents of Charles L. or Charles LL.; -- so called by the opposite party.

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mal- mala malabar malacatune malacca malachite malacissant malacissation malacobdella malacoderm

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