- malignance
- noun Date: circa 1604 malignancy
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
malignance
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Malignance — Ma*lig nance, Malignancy Ma*lig nan*cy, n. [See {Malignant}.] 1. The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; disposition toward evil; intense ill will; as, malignancy of heart. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
malignance — index cruelty, fatality, harm, ill will, spite, vice Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
malignance — noun malignancy … Wiktionary
malignance — mÉ™ lɪgnÉ™ns n. quality or condition of being malignant; malevolence, maliciousness; tendency to cause death, deadliness (Pathology) … English contemporary dictionary
malignance — n.; (also malignancy) 1. Malice, malignity, bitter enmity, extreme malevolence. 2. Unfavorableness, unpropitiousness. 3. Virulence, deadliness, malignity … New dictionary of synonyms
malignance — ma·lig·nance … English syllables
malignance — noun 1. (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death • Syn: ↑malignancy • Derivationally related forms: ↑malignant, ↑malignant (for: ↑malignancy) … Useful english dictionary
Malignancy — Malignance Ma*lig nance, Malignancy Ma*lig nan*cy, n. [See {Malignant}.] 1. The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; disposition toward evil; intense ill will; as, malignancy of heart. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
malignancy — noun 1. (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑malignance • Derivationally related forms: ↑malignant (for: ↑malignance), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
malice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. malevolence, spite, ill will, animosity. Ant., goodwill. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. spite, rancor, animosity, maliciousness, hate, ill feeling, hostility, grudge, implacability, bitterness, antipathy,… … English dictionary for students
