Malignant word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "malignant" word

[adjective] extremely malevolent or malicious; "the malignant tongues of gossipers"
[adjective] (pathology) dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)

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\Ma*lig"nant\, a. [L. malignans, -antis, p. pr. of malignare, malignari, to do or make maliciously. See {Malign}, and cf. {Benignant}.] 1. Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious. A malignant and a turbaned Turk. --Shak. 2. Characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious. ``Malignant care.'' --Macaulay. Some malignant power upon my life. --Shak. Something deleterious and malignant as his touch. --Hawthorne. 3. (Med.) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria. {Malignant pustule} (Med.), a very contagious disease, transmitted to man from animals, characterized by the formation, at the point of reception of the virus, of a vesicle or pustule which first enlarges and then breaks down into an unhealthy ulcer. It is marked by profound exhaustion and usually fatal. Called also {charbon}, and sometimes, improperly, {anthrax}.
\Ma*lig"nant\, n. 1. A man of extrems enmity or evil intentions. --Hooker. 2. (Eng. Hist.) One of the adherents of Charles L. or Charles LL.; -- so called by the opposite party.

Synonyms for malignant

cancerous, malevolent, malign

Antonyms: benign

Related terms: antagonistic, atrocious, barbarous, colliding, disserviceable, distressing, epileptic, harmful, hostile, iniquitous, miasmic, murderous, pernicious, prejudicial, quarrelsome, rickety, scrofulous, tabid, tameless, tuberculous, tumorous, virulent

The fun area, different aproach to word »malignant«

Let's analyse "malignant" as pure text. This string has Nine letters in Three syllables and Three vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TNANGILAM. Average typing speed for these characters is 2475 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -- .- .-.. .. --. -. .- -. -

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: malignant: 1 + 9 + 1 = 11, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: malignant: 4 + 1 + 3 + 9 + 7 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 2 = 37, reduced: 1, and the final result is One.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (2)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
G (1)	7	Chariot	Strong, Sturdy, Decisive
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
M (1)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
N (2)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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