malignant
adjetivosubstantivoatestado nos diálogos
- //məˈlɪɡnənt//
Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
adjetivo
- 1
Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
malignant temper; malignant revenge; malignant infection
[…]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.
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Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.
malignant diphtheria
a malignant tumor
“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes[…]. And then, when you see [the senders], you probably find that they are the most melancholy old folk with malignant diseases. […]”
Etimologia
From Middle French malignant, from Late Latin malignans. See malign.
substantivo
- 1
A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society.
As devout Stephen was carried to his burial by devout men, so is it just and equal that malignants should carry malignants […]
A malignant in a position of real power immediately becomes a tyrant.
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históricoA person who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War.
Formas
- plural
- malignants
- comparativo
- more malignant
- superlativo
- most malignant
malignant · Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
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