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
There was a vibration and luminosity somewhere out there to Matisse; to Picasso there was a latent malignancy.
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Christopher C. Gorham
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Doctors prescribe Keytruda for a wide variety of cancers, including malignancies in the lungs, skin, colon, gastrointestinal tract, and reproductive organs.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 22 Sep. 2025
For children who received a head CT, the researchers attributed about a quarter of their hematologic malignancies that followed to the radiation exposure.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
This is different from experiences providers have had with patients making Track 1 requests, as most of these patients have end-stage malignancy or organ failure and seldom have unmet health care needs.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 8 July 2025
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Christopher C. Gorham
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Doctors prescribe Keytruda for a wide variety of cancers, including malignancies in the lungs, skin, colon, gastrointestinal tract, and reproductive organs.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 22 Sep. 2025
For children who received a head CT, the researchers attributed about a quarter of their hematologic malignancies that followed to the radiation exposure.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
This is different from experiences providers have had with patients making Track 1 requests, as most of these patients have end-stage malignancy or organ failure and seldom have unmet health care needs.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malignancy
Noun
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Trump’s malice and incompetence alienates voters, who then publicly voice their discontent, encouraging other political actors and institutions to see him not as a crusading avatar of national destiny but as a weakened figure.—
Quinta Jurecic,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026
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Here, the trial court allowed limited discovery to determine which of the defendants were responsible for which statements, whether those statements were made with actual malice, and on whether Wunsch had suffered damages as a result of the defendants' statements.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
19 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Then their own mother turned venom against them, the object of their wounding telling them that the shape of their wounds was never really there.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Even though Chelsea have dominated Tottenham in terms of trophies won and in head-to-head matches for three decades now, the venom directed their way is as strong as ever.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Someone that was so divisive and creating content that was purely based on hatred.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
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In the same collections of letters and other writing that record his intense hatred, there are also plenty of tender comments about his homeland.—
Amir Ahmadi Arian,
The Dial,
15 Jan. 2026
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Two swaggering outlaws roll into a mining town and unleash a wave of cruelty.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2026
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Erie police are working with the shelter's cruelty team to get justice for the husky pup, named Aimee after the Erie police dispatcher who took the original call.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Malignancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malignancy. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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