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ma·lig·nant

(mə-lĭg′nənt)
adj.
1. Medicine
a. Tending to metastasize: a malignant tumor.
b. Virulent or threatening to life: a malignant disease.
2. Having or showing ill will; malicious: malignant thoughts.

ma·lig′nant·ly adv.
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malignant

(məˈlɪɡnənt)
adj
1. having or showing desire to harm others
2. tending to cause great harm; injurious
3. (Pathology) pathol (of a tumour) uncontrollable or resistant to therapy; rapidly spreading
n
(Historical Terms) history (in the English Civil War) a Parliamentarian term for a royalist 1
[C16: from Late Latin malīgnāre to behave spitefully, from Latin malīgnus malign]
maˈlignantly adv
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ma•lig•nant

(məˈlɪg nənt)

adj.
1. inclined to cause harm, suffering, or distress.
2. very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect.
3.
a. tending to produce death, as bubonic plague.
b. (of a tumor) characterized by uncontrolled growth; cancerous, invasive, or metastatic.
[1535–45; < Late Latin; see malign, -ant]
ma•lig′nant•ly, adv.
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ma·lig·nant

(mə-lĭg′nənt)
Likely to spread or get worse: a malignant tumor.
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malignant

Used to describe cancerous growth that will spread to surrounding tissues and, if not totally removed, may be fatal. Compare benign
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj. 1. [画像:malignant - dangerous to health]malignant - dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)
pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
benign - not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)
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malignant

adjective
1. (Medical) uncontrollable, dangerous, evil, fatal, deadly, cancerous, virulent, metastatic, irremediable a malignant breast tumour
2. hostile, harmful, bitter, vicious, destructive, malicious, malign, hurtful, pernicious, malevolent, spiteful, baleful, injurious, inimical, maleficent, of evil intent a malignant minority indulging in crime and violence
hostile kind, friendly, benign, benevolent, amicable, warm-hearted
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malignant

adjective
1. Characterized by intense ill will or spite:
Slang: bitchy.
2. Extremely destructive or harmful:
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Translations
خَبِيث خَبيث، سَرَطاني، مُهْلِكخَبيث، مُؤْذٍ
zhoubnýmaligníškodlivý
ondartetondskabsfuld
pahanlaatuinenpahansuopapahantahtoinenvahingollinen
zloćudanmaligan
rosszindulatú
illgjarnillkynja
悪意のある
극히 해로운
zhubný
elakartad
เป็นอันตราย
ác tính

malignant

[məˈlɪgnənt] ADJ (= evil) → malvado (Med) → maligno
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malignant

[məˈlɪgnənt] adj
[tumour, disease] → malin/igne
(= malicious) [person] → malveillant(e)
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malignant

adjbösartig ; (Med also) → maligne (spec); effectnegativ ; he took a malignant delight in our misfortunesunser Unglück bereitete ihm ein hämisches Vergnügen ; a malignant growth (Med, fig) → ein bösartiges Geschwür ; malignant melanoma (Med) → malignes Melanom
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malignant

[məˈlɪgnənt] adjmaligno/a, malevolo/a (Med) (tumour) → maligno/a
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malign

(məˈlain) verb
to say unpleasant things about (someone or something), especially without reason. He's always maligning his wife when she isn't there. kwaadspreek يَطْعَنُ في، يَقْدَح في شَخْصٍ بَريء злословя caluniar pomlouvat verleumden bagtale κακολογώ calumniar, difamar laimama بدخواهی کردن mustata dire du mal de לְהַשמִיץ बदनाम करना štetiti befeketít memfitnah rægja malignare su, sparlare di 悪口を言う 욕설을 하다 apkalbėti apmelot; aprunāt memfitnah belasteren rakke ned på, snakke stygt om oczerniać چاته بد غوښتل caluniar a vorbi de rău злословить ohovárať obrekovati oklevetati baktala ใส่ร้าย iftira etmek, kara çalmak 誹謗 обмовляти, зводити наклеп ضرر رساں vu khống; nói xấu 诽谤
malignant (məˈlignənt) adjective
1. (of people, their actions etc) intending, or intended, to do harm. a malignant remark. kwaadsprekend خَبيث، مُؤْذٍ злонамерен malévolo škodlivý böswillig ondskabsfuld κακεντρεχής maligno pahatahtlik بد نام کردن ilkeä malveillant זדוני अहितकर maligni, zloćudni rosszindulatú jahat illgjarn maligno, malevolo 悪意のある 악의에 찬 piktanoris, pikta linkintis ļauns jahat kwaadaardig ond, hatsk złośliwy بد نام كول malévolo maliţios, rău­voi­tor злой, злобный zlomyseľný zlonameren zloban ondskefull ที่มุ่งร้าย kötü, acımasız 有惡意的 злобний; зловредний مہلک có dã tâm 有恶意的
2. (of a tumour, disease etc) likely to become worse and cause death. She died of a malignant tumour. kwaadaardig خَبيث، سَرَطاني، مُهْلِك злокачествен maligno zhoubný bösartig ondartet κακοήθης maligno pahaloomuline بدخیم pahanlaatuinen malin ממאיר सांघा‍तिक, असाध्य maligni tumor rosszindulatú ganas illkynja maligno 悪性の 악성인 piktybinis ļaundabīgs teruk kwaadaardig ondartet złośliwy په سبب د څه شى maligno malign злокачественный zhubný maligen maligni elakartad เป็นอันตราย habis, ölümcül 惡性的 злоякісний متعدی، مہلک ác tính 恶性的
maˈlignantly adverb
kwaadaardig بِخُبْث злонамерено maldosamente zlomyslně bösartig ondskabsfuldt; ondartet με κακοήθεια malignamente pahatahtlikult بدخواهانه ilkeästi méchamment בזדון असाध्य रूप से zloćudno rosszindulatúan secara jahat illgirnislega malignamente 悪意から 악의에 차서 piktavališkai ļauni; ļaunprātīgi dengan teruk kwaadaardig ondt, hatsk, ondsinnet złośliwie په بده غوښتنه maldosamente cu răutate злобно zlomyseľne zlonamerno zlobno ondskefullt อย่างชั่วร้าย kötü niyetle 惡意地 злобно ہلاکت خیزی một cách độc ác 怀恶意地
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malignant

خَبِيث zhoubný ondartet bösartig κακοήθης maligno pahansuopa malin zloćudan maligno 悪意のある 극히 해로운 schadelijk ondartet złośliwy maligno злокачественный elakartad เป็นอันตราย kötücül ác tính 恶性的
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ma·lig·nant

a. maligno-a, pernicioso-a, de efecto destructivo;
neoplasia ___cáncer.
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malignant

adj maligno
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