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malignant adjective ( EVIL )

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formal evil: having a strong wish to do harm
He developed a malignant hatred for the land of his birth.

malignantly adverb

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(Definition of malignant adjective (EVIL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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