Malignant

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A man of extrems enmity or evil intentions.

II. Malignant ·adj Characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious.

III. Malignant ·noun One of the adherents of Charles L. or Charles LL.;

— so called by the opposite party.

IV. Malignant ·adj Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria.

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