Malignity

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Malignity \Ma*lig"ni*ty\, n. [F. malignit['e], L. malignitas.]
     1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do
        evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.
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     2. Virulence; deadly quality.


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              His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in
              his disease.                          --Hayward.
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     3. Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness;
        heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud. [R.]
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     Syn: See {Malice}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  malignity
       n 1: wishing evil to others [syn: {malevolence}] [ant: {benevolence}]
       2: quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will [syn: {malignancy},
           {malignance}] [ant: {benignity}, {benignity}]