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All malignant synonyms

ma·lig·nant
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adj malignant

  • fatal — causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly: a fatal accident; a fatal dose of poison.
  • deadly — If something is deadly, it is likely or able to cause someone's death, or has already caused someone's death.
  • cancerous — Cancerous cells or growths are cells or growths that are the result of cancer.
  • mortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
  • lethal — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
  • destructive — Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury.
  • internecine — of or relating to conflict or struggle within a group: an internecine feud among proxy holders.
  • poisonous — full of or containing poison: poisonous air; a poisonous substance.
  • pestilential — producing or tending to produce pestilence.

adjective malignant

  • evil — Profoundly immoral and malevolent.
  • malevolent — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
  • hateful — arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.
  • spiteful — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
  • malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
  • menacing — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
  • wicked — evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
  • nasty — physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
  • unkind — lacking in kindness or mercy; severe.
  • vindictive — disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful: a vindictive person.
  • cruel — Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
  • mean — to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
  • harmful — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
  • diseased — a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
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