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maligno — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • evil adjective Deeply immoral and cruel; deliberately intending to cause harm.
  • impish adj Mischievous; of or befitting an imp.
  • maleficent adj Causing harm, especially through evil intent.
  • malignant adjective Harmful or hostile in intent; wishing ill on others.
  • mean verb To intend or have in mind as a purpose.
  • wicked adj Morally bad; evil or cruel.

Senses

maligno is used for these senses in English:

  • evil Intending to harm; malevolent.
  • impish Mischievous; of or befitting an imp.
  • maleficent Harmful or evil in intent or effect.
  • malignant Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
  • malignant (medicine) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.
  • mean Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.
  • wicked Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.

evil — full definition

  1. adjective Deeply immoral and cruel; deliberately intending to cause harm.
  2. adjective Unpleasant or unlucky, in a milder, informal sense.
  3. noun Moral wickedness, or the force believed to cause suffering and wrongdoing in the world.

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