How do you pronounce malignant?

The recorded pronunciation is /məˈlɪɡnənt/.

malignant

/məˈlɪɡnənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: ma-lig-nant
IPA: /məˈlɪɡnənt/

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Meaning

adj

Harmful, malevolent, injurious.

adj

Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.

noun

A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society.

noun

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

Derogatory; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"malignant temper; malignant revenge; malignant infection"
"[…]while, I fear, there will be some white ones, unable to forget that, with malignant heart, and deceitful speech, they have strove to hinder it."
"malignant diphtheria"
"a malignant tumor"
"“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes[…]. And then, when you see [the senders], you probably find that they are the most melancholy old folk with malignant diseases. […]”"
"As devout Stephen was carried to his burial by devout men, so is it just and equal that malignants should carry malignants […]"

Etymology

From Middle French malignant, from Late Latin malignans. See malign.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: malignant, malignans

Usage

Inflected Forms

more malignant (comparative) most malignant (superlative) malignants (plural)

Derived Forms

hematomalignant malignancy malignantly malignin nonmalignant paramalignant premalignant promalignant pseudomalignant semimalignant unmalignant

Phrases

bovine malignant catarrhal fever malignant catarrhal fever malignant edema neuroleptic malignant syndrome non-malignant

Frequently Paired Words

malign

Synonyms

malicious malign malefic

Antonyms

benign non-malignant

Rhymes With

indignant