Definitions for malignantməˈlɪg nənt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ma•lig•nantməˈlɪg nənt(adj.)
inclined to cause harm, suffering, or distress.
very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect.
tending to produce death, as bubonic plague. (of a tumor) characterized by uncontrolled growth; cancerous, invasive, or metastatic.
Category: Pathology
Origin of malignant:
1535–45; < LL; see malign , -ant
ma•lig′nant•ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
malignant(adj)
dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)
Wiktionary
malignant(Adjective)
Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
malignant(Adjective)
Harmfully cancerous; as a malignant tumor.
Webster Dictionary
Malignant(adj)
disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious
Malignant(adj)
characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious
Malignant(adj)
tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria
Malignant(noun)
a man of extrems enmity or evil intentions
Malignant(noun)
one of the adherents of Charles L. or Charles LL.; -- so called by the opposite party
Translations for malignant
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
malignant(adjective)
(of people, their actions etc) intending, or intended, to do harm
a malignant remark.
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- ที่มุ่งร้ายThai
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- 有惡意的Chinese (Trad.)
- злобний; зловреднийUkrainian
- مہلکUrdu
- có dã tâmVietnamese
- 有恶意的Chinese (Simp.)
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