as in malice
the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm
her irrepressible malignancy was such that she even attacked her friends behind their backs
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Recent Examples of malignancy
Epstein Barr virus, Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus and Human Papilloma Virus are all associated with actually causing malignancy in humans.
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2025
However, for anyone who has observed Trump’s public life, his malignancy and malevolence have always been obvious.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2025
Nearly 2 million Americans are diagnosed with malignancies every year.
—Rachana Pradhan, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
Most striking was the test’s ability to detect malignancies long considered unscreenable—pancreatic, ovarian, and others that had eluded surveillance.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for malignancy
Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2025
However, for anyone who has observed Trump’s public life, his malignancy and malevolence have always been obvious.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2025
Nearly 2 million Americans are diagnosed with malignancies every year.
—Rachana Pradhan, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
Most striking was the test’s ability to detect malignancies long considered unscreenable—pancreatic, ovarian, and others that had eluded surveillance.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malignancy
Noun
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Portrayed throughout the season as an unholy fool of sorts, free of malice and premeditation and utterly harmless once properly medicated, Ed redeems himself to a certain extent.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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Understand that controlling behaviors may stem from fear and insecurity rather than malice.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Spiders have venom to subdue prey, but the majority have fangs that are too tiny to puncture human skin.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2025
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Luckily the snake did not inject any venom.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Historically, political movements die when they become subsumed by paranoid Jew-hatred.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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This isn’t quite like other rivalries, such as the Iron Bowl or Georgia-Georgia Tech, where coaches motivate their players by talking up their hatred of the other team.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Cobb was arrested and charged with murder in the second degree and cruelty to children in the second degree, both felonies, police said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Gibson was charged with cruelty to animals, taken into custody, and later released on a $20,000 bond.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Malignancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malignancy. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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