malignancen.
/məˈlɪɡnəns/, U.S. /məˈlɪɡnəns/ = malignancy n.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [noun]
evil willc897
leth971
loathc1175
atterness?c1225
ill1303
maltalentc1330
ill-willingnessa1340
talenta1380
malignityc1390
ill willa1400
fellnessc1410
malevolencec1454
malignation?c1500
hatefulness1548
malignance1605
malevolency1635
malignancy1640
reptilism1821
fiendism1852
unbenignity1867
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [noun]
evil willc897
leth971
loathc1175
atterness?c1225
ill1303
maltalentc1330
ill-willingnessa1340
talenta1380
malignityc1390
ill willa1400
with hard (also sorry) gracec1405
malevolencec1454
malignation?c1500
malignitiesa1529
hatefulness1548
malignance1605
fiendishness1613
malevolency1635
malignancy1640
fellness1678
malevolentness1727
malignantness1727
reptilism1821
unbenignity1867
1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan v. i. sig. H2 The choller of a Iustice..Ioyned with malignance of some hastie Iurors.
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 56 The minister..speeds him betimes to overtake that diffus'd malignance with some gentle potion of admonishment.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Great Myst. Godliness (1659) vii. 29 O Saviour, abundantly justified in the spirit against all the malignances of men and Devils!
1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild iii. x, in Misc. III. 255 They discharge all their Malignance outwardly.
1804 A. Seward Lett. (1811) VI. 157 Its satire, which gratifies human malignance.
1895 Chambers's Jrnl. 12 696/2 This is on a piece with Brant Dalton's cowardly malignance toward one who is fighting for him.
a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. vi. 140 She saw in his eyes a sparkle that seemed to her to have something of the malignance of the angry serpent's.
1982 P. Fitzgerald At Freddie's ii. 15 Mattie, with an expression of deep malignance, departed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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