OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 11917

malignant

/məˈlɪɡnənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
maligno
Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
[…]while, I fear, there will be some white ones, unable to forget that, with malignant heart, and deceitful speech, they have strove to hinder it.
malignant temper; malignant revenge; malignant infection
maligno
Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.
a malignant tumor
malignant diphtheria