malignity

ma·lig·ni·ty Audio pronunciation of "malignity" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (m-lgn-t)
n. pl. ma·lig·ni·ties

1. Intense ill will or hatred; great malice.
2. An act or a feeling of great malice.
3. The condition or quality of being highly dangerous or injurious; deadliness.

MALIG'NITY, n. L. malignitas. Extreme enmity, or evil dispositions of heart towards another; malice without provocation, or malevolence with baseness of heart; deep rooted spite.

1. Virulence; destructive tendency; as the malignity of an ulcer or disease.

2. Extreme evilness of nature; as the malignity of fraud.

3. Extreme sinfulness; enormity or heinousness; as the malignity of sin.

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