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malignant

/məˈlɪɡnənt/
noun
  1. A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society.

  2. A person who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War.

adjective
  1. Harmful, malevolent, injurious.

    "malignant temper;  malignant revenge;  malignant infection"

  2. Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.

    "a malignant tumor"

Antonymsbenign, non-malignant

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