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Malignancy

The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.

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Disease 76% connected

Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.

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Evil 76% connected

Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious…

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Evilness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.

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Malignant 74% connected

Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Malignant 74% connected

Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious.

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Attribute 2

Malign 66% connected

Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.

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Malign 66% connected

Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.

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Synonym 2

Malignance 92% connected

Alt. of Malignancy

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Malignity 92% connected

The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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Benignity 94% connected

The quality of being benign; goodness; kindness; graciousness.

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Benignity 94% connected

The quality of being benign; goodness; kindness; graciousness.

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