Definition of: malignant

(mə·lig′nənt) adjective
1. Having or manifesting extreme malevolence or enmity.
2. Evil in nature, or tending to do great harm; also, malcontent.
3. Pathol. So aggravated as to threaten life: opposed to benign: a malignant tumor.
4. Boding ill; baleful; threatening.
—noun A person of extreme enmity or evil intentions. [<L malignans, -antis, ppr. of malignare. See MALIGN.]
—ma·lig′nance, ma·lig′nan·cy noun
—ma·lig′nant·ly adverb

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