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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ma•lig•nant /məˈlɪgnənt/USA pronunciation adj. - inclined to cause harm, suffering, or distress:malignant remarks.
- very dangerous in effect.
- Pathology
- tending to produce death:a malignant tumor.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ma•lig•nant (mə lig′nənt),USA pronunciation adj. - disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately;
feeling or showing ill will or hatred. - very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect.
- Pathology
- tending to produce death, as bubonic plague.
- (of a tumor) characterized by uncontrolled growth;
cancerous, invasive, or metastatic.
- Late Latin malignant- (stem of malignāns), present participle of malignāre to act maliciously. See malign, -ant
- 1535–45
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged spiteful, malevolent.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged perilous, hurtful, pernicious.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged –3. benign.
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