- malignant⇄adj. 1. very evil; very hateful; very malicious.
Ex. Events were fatally to prove ... that there are natures too malignant to be trusted or to be tamed (John L. Motley).
2. very harmful; having an evil influence.
Ex. Unless the next wo - malignant⇄adv. malignantly.
- malignant⇄malignant, adjective, noun.
- malignant⇄noun a malcontent.
Ex. The supporters of the Stuarts during the English Civil War were called malignants by their opponents.