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单词 benignant
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Definition of benignant in English:

benignant

adjective bɪˈnɪɡnəntbəˈnɪɡnənt
  • 1Kindly and benevolent.

    an old man with a benignant expression
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I found him kind and benignant in the domestic circle, revered and beloved by all around him, agreeably social, without ostentation.
    • The expression of his face was kind and benignant, and denoted goodness of heart.
    • They were sitting in the long gallery watching with calm benignant eyes the daily performance of sun and earth which had so often been repeated in front of them that they could almost prompt the actors.
    • She is one of the esteemed ladies of the city, gracious, kind and benignant of character, and a model mother to her family.
    • He possessed great erudition and piety, was of a most mild and tranquil disposition, and of a calm and benignant temper.
    Synonyms
    kindly, kind, warm-hearted, good-natured, friendly, warm, affectionate, agreeable, amiable, good-humoured, genial, congenial, cordial, approachable, tender, tender-hearted, soft-hearted, gentle, sympathetic, compassionate, caring, considerate, thoughtful, helpful, well disposed, obliging, accommodating, generous, big-hearted, unselfish, benevolent, gracious, liberal, indulgent
    1. 1.1archaic Having a good effect; beneficial.
      the benignant touch of love and beauty
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Upon this occasion I particularly lamented that he had not that warmth of friendship for his brilliant pupil, which we may suppose would have had a benignant effect on both.
      • My wife joined me there, and the visit had a very benignant effect on her.
      • Water power was the first to raise hopes that mankind might be eased from severe toil by the benignant help of Nature.
  • 2Medicine

    a less common term for benign
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is a rare and benignant disease, occurring in young men 10 to 25 years old.
    • Of course, marked differences in the evolution of any disease in patients are well-known; for instance, measles, usually considered anywhere as a relatively benignant disease, could, in Africa, involve a tremendous infant mortality, likely generated by intercurrent malaria.
    • It spreads from the benignant disease uncomplicated partial mole to the most malignant choriocarcinoma in stage IV of disease with brain metastases.
    • Keloid is a peculiar form of fibroma which, although benignant as regards any general infection, invariably recurs locally after removal.
    • It means it is the same whether healthy, benignant or malignant cells are concerned, the only important thing is how great the actual growth rate is.

Derivatives

  • benignancy

  • noun bɪˈnɪɡnənsibəˈnɪɡnənsi
    • Malignancy or benignancy was established if patients had definitive pathology of the lesion in question.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For decision support, other kinds of likelihood of malignancy or benignancy and retrieval based on similar other breast images were constructed.
      • A trained SVM and one expert chest radiologist classified 136 cases to benignancy and malignancy.
      • Generally, two years of stability is necessary to document benignancy.
      • We showed that it is possible to estimate VCF risk of malignancy or benignancy using a small set of variables.
  • benignantly

  • adverb
    • She smiled benignantly and continued in a soft, melodious voice: ‘Listen, dear, I am an old woman and I will soon be dying.’
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But his visitor smiled benignantly, and thrusting his hands into his pockets as he rose, hummed, ‘Over the water to Charlie.’
      • He floats across the stage in his black robes and black headgear, soaking up the applause of the audience, smiling benignantly, doing his little bows, radiating peace and goodwill.
      • And his majesty received them kindly and benignantly, and ordered that they should be treated like his other subjects and vassals.
      • Dr. Johnson smiled benignantly at this, and did not appear to disapprove of the notion.

Origin

Late 18th century: from benign, or Latin benignus, on the pattern of malignant.

Rhymes

indignant, malignant
 
 

Definition of benignant in US English:

benignant

adjectivebəˈniɡnəntbəˈnɪɡnənt
  • 1Kindly and benevolent.

    an old man, with a face noble and benignant
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They were sitting in the long gallery watching with calm benignant eyes the daily performance of sun and earth which had so often been repeated in front of them that they could almost prompt the actors.
    • The expression of his face was kind and benignant, and denoted goodness of heart.
    • He possessed great erudition and piety, was of a most mild and tranquil disposition, and of a calm and benignant temper.
    • I found him kind and benignant in the domestic circle, revered and beloved by all around him, agreeably social, without ostentation.
    • She is one of the esteemed ladies of the city, gracious, kind and benignant of character, and a model mother to her family.
    Synonyms
    kindly, kind, warm-hearted, good-natured, friendly, warm, affectionate, agreeable, amiable, good-humoured, genial, congenial, cordial, approachable, tender, tender-hearted, soft-hearted, gentle, sympathetic, compassionate, caring, considerate, thoughtful, helpful, well disposed, obliging, accommodating, generous, big-hearted, unselfish, benevolent, gracious, liberal, indulgent
    1. 1.1archaic Having a good effect; beneficial.
      the benignant touch of love and beauty
      Example sentencesExamples
      • My wife joined me there, and the visit had a very benignant effect on her.
      • Water power was the first to raise hopes that mankind might be eased from severe toil by the benignant help of Nature.
      • Upon this occasion I particularly lamented that he had not that warmth of friendship for his brilliant pupil, which we may suppose would have had a benignant effect on both.
  • 2Medicine

    less common term for benign (sense 2)
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It means it is the same whether healthy, benignant or malignant cells are concerned, the only important thing is how great the actual growth rate is.
    • Keloid is a peculiar form of fibroma which, although benignant as regards any general infection, invariably recurs locally after removal.
    • It is a rare and benignant disease, occurring in young men 10 to 25 years old.
    • It spreads from the benignant disease uncomplicated partial mole to the most malignant choriocarcinoma in stage IV of disease with brain metastases.
    • Of course, marked differences in the evolution of any disease in patients are well-known; for instance, measles, usually considered anywhere as a relatively benignant disease, could, in Africa, involve a tremendous infant mortality, likely generated by intercurrent malaria.

Origin

Late 18th century: from benign, or Latin benignus, on the pattern of malignant.

 
 
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