Malevolent vs. Malignant

Malevolentadjective

having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others

Malevolentadjective

having an evil or harmful influence

Malevolentadjective

Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another's misfortune.

Malevolentadjective

wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred;

Malevolentadjective

extremely malevolent or malicious;

Malevolentadjective

having or exerting a malignant influence;

Malevolentadjective

having or showing a wish to do evil to others

Malignantadjective

Harmful, malevolent, injurious.

Malignantadjective

(medicine) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.

Malignantnoun

A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society.

Malignantnoun

A person who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War.

Malignantadjective

Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious.

Malignantadjective

Characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious.

Malignantadjective

Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria.

Malignantnoun

A man of extreme enmity or evil intentions.

Malignantnoun

One of the adherents of Charles I. or Charles II.; - so called by the opposite party.

Malignantadjective

dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)

Malignantadjective

extremely malevolent or malicious;