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malignant

/məˈlɪɡnənt/

noun

Meaning

  • A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society.

  • A person who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War.

adjective

Meaning

  • Harmful, malevolent, injurious.

    "malignant temper;  malignant revenge;  malignant infection"

  • Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.

    "a malignant tumor"