malignity
3 synonyms and 1 antonym for malignity, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Deep wickedness or a strong desire to cause harm.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Antonyms
benignity
Etymology
Came into English as Middle English malignete, malignitee, malignyte, malyngnite, from Middle French maligneté, from Latin malignitās; by surface analysis it breaks down as malign + -ity. In the sense “a group of goblins”, the word was coined by David Malki in the 30 October 2009 Wondermark webcomic strip “Supernatural...
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