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
An effective treatment for pancreatic cancer would represent a major advance against one of the most lethal malignancies.
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IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025
The researchers will now investigate its efficacy in breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, melanoma and other malignancies, and fine tune delivery and dosage methods.
—New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2025
Watch it for its skin-deep enticement, its powerful visual devices, but also its concealed malignancy.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
One way to assess possible malignancy is irregularity of a growth, speed of growth, localized lymph node metastasis as evidenced by enlargement of the nodes, and more but there is no substitute for an FNA or removal and biopsy.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025
The researchers will now investigate its efficacy in breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, melanoma and other malignancies, and fine tune delivery and dosage methods.
—New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2025
Watch it for its skin-deep enticement, its powerful visual devices, but also its concealed malignancy.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
One way to assess possible malignancy is irregularity of a growth, speed of growth, localized lymph node metastasis as evidenced by enlargement of the nodes, and more but there is no substitute for an FNA or removal and biopsy.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malignancy
Noun
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DeBesse said the district concluded there was no malice on the part of the family.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 May 2026
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This is not malice or intention.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 May 2026
Noun
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The venom was not developed for defense.—
Eva Flowe
May 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 May 2026
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Avoid further contact with the tentacles, as this can spread the venom.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2026
Noun
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There is no kind of treatment that’s going to get rid of this body dysmorphia and hatred toward your body.—
Louis Staples,
Glamour,
27 May 2026
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Silence enables hatred to grow.—
Michael Brunker,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
Noun
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In The Maids, for instance, Williams has applied a dewy contemporary sheen to Genet’s grungy French cruelty.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
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Baseball is a beautiful game, with cruelty sometimes just around the corner.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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“Malignancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malignancy. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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