malignity

Other forms: malignities

Definitions of malignity
  1. noun
    quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
    synonyms: malignance, malignancy
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    antonyms:
    benignity
    the quality of being kind and gentle
    type of:
    evil, evilness
    the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
  2. noun
    wishing evil to others
    synonyms: malevolence
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    types:
    maleficence
    doing or causing evil
    malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom
    feeling a need to see others suffer
    vengefulness, vindictiveness
    a malevolent desire for revenge
    type of:
    hate, hatred
    the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
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