Definitions for: Malignity

[n] quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
[n] wishing evil to others

Webster (1913) Definition: Ma*lig"ni*ty, n. [F. malignit['e], L. malignitas.]
1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do
evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.

2. Virulence; deadly quality.

His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in
his disease. --Hayward.

3. Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness;
heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud. [R.]

Syn: See Malice.

Synonyms: malevolence, malignance, malignancy

Antonyms: benevolence, benignancy, benignity, graciousness

See Also: evil, evilness, hate, hatred, maleficence, malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, vengefulness, venom, vindictiveness

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