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Malignant

Definitions: Malignant

Malignant

Adjective

1. (pathology) characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor); "a malignant tumor".

2. Extremely malevolent or malicious; "the malignant tongues of gossipers".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "malignant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Malignant

DomainDefinitions

Health

Cancerous; a growth with a tendency to invade and destroy nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Malignant

Synonym: malevolent (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Malignant

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Inexpedience

Adjective: hurtful, harmful, scathful, baneful, baleful; injurious, deleterious, detrimental, noxious, pernicious, mischievous, full of mischief, mischief-making, malefic, malignant, nocuous, noisome; prejudicial; disserviceable, disadvantageous; wide-wasting.

Malevolence

Malicious; malign, malignant; rancorous; despiteful, spiteful; mordacious, caustic, bitter, envenomed, acrimonious, virulent; unamiable, uncharitable; maleficent, venomous, grinding, galling.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Malignant

English words defined with "malignant": malignant melanoma, malignant neoplasm, malignant neoplastic disease, malignant neuroma, malignant tumor. (references)
Specialty definitions using "malignant": Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, adenocarcinomas, All other occupational illnesses, Amsacrine, Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic, Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate, Antineoplastic and Immunosuppressive Agents, APUD Cells, Asa Loki, avian leukosisbactérias do solo, Beef, beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidase, black-water fever, bovine leukosis, Bowen's disease, Brain Neoplasms, Brambles, Burkitt lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphomacancerous cachexia, Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor, Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating, cell immunity, cell-mediated immunity, cellular immunity, Central Nervous System Neoplasms, Century White, Chemotherapy support, Choriocarcinoma, Colorectal Neoplasms, Consenting Stars, Cranial Nerve Neoplasms, craniopharyngioma, Cyclic CMP, Cystadenoma, Mucinous, Cysteinyldopa, Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral, cytotoxic T cell, cytotoxic T lymphocytedelayed hypersensitivity, Dentigerous Cyst, diffuse malignant mesothelioma, Dihematoporphyrin Ether, DNA Tumor Viruses, DNA-Binding Proteins, Door, DRECNETEnzootic Bovine Leukosis, extracorporeal chemotherapyGanglioglioma, Ganglioneuroblastoma, Gardner Syndrome, gastrointestinal stromal tumor, GEM 231, germ cell tumors, Glycoprotein Hormones, alpha Subunit, GoserelinHela Cells, Herpesvirus 2, Saimirine, Histiocytic Disorders, Malignant, Histiocytosis, Malignant, Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, Hodgkin Disease, Hrthle cell neoplasm, Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle, hypernephroma, Hypertension, Malignant, Hypertensive EncephalopathyImage Cytometry, Immunoproliferative Small Intestinal Disease, Interferons, Iris Neoplasmsjunctional nevusLeukemia, Myelocytic, Acute, local cancer, Lymphoma, AIDS-Related, Lymphoma, B-Cell, Lymphoma, Diffuse, Lymphoma, Follicular, Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Diffuse, Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Follicular, Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Immunoblastic, Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Ki-1, Lymphoma, Lymphoblastic, Lymphoma, Mixed-Cell, Follicular, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin, Lymphoma, Small Cleaved-Cell, Diffuse, Lymphoma, Small Cleaved-Cell, Follicular, Lymphoma, Small Lymphocytic, Lymphoma, Small Noncleaved-Cell, Lymphoma, T-Cell, Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous, Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral, Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis, Lymphomatoid Papulosis, lymphosarcomamalignant ascites, Malignant Catarrh, malignant edema. (references)

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Modern Usage: Malignant

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Malignant spirochetes infect your bloodstream, eventually spreading to your spinal fluid and on into the brain. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Movie/TV Titles

Malignant Malice (1998)

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Commercial Usage: Malignant

DomainTitle

References

  • The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Malignant Mesothelioma (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Malignant Bone Tumors (reference)

  • Malignant Lymphomas (Atlas of Clinical Oncology.) (reference)

  • Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression (reference)

  • Malignant Tumors of the Skin (reference)

  • Tnm Atlas: Illustrated Guide to the Tnm/Ptnm Classification of Malignant Tumours (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Malignant

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Precursors to Malignant Melanoma.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

McGill Cancer Centre Public Lecture Series 1989 : Malignant Melanoma.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Malignant

AuthorQuotation

Joseph Addison

The disease of jealously is so malignant that is converts all it takes into its own nourishment.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Malignant

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

These malignant skies punish good actions.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Though nobody spoke to him of the affair after class he could feel about him a vague general malignant joy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Malignant

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Generally thymomas are benign, but they can become malignant. (references)

By definition, the term "cancer" applies only to malignant tumors. (references)

The accumulated damage yields a highly malignant, metastatic tumor. (references)

Business

Approximately 265,000 deaths were registered in 1997. The primary causes of mortality include heart and coronary diseases (28.6 percent); malignant tumors (19.2 percent); cerebrovascular diseases (8.5 percent); accidents (3.6 percent); blood disorders (4.1 percent); pneumonia and influenza (3.4 percent); nervous system disorders (2.0 percent); infections (1.8 percent); and other causes (28.9 percent). (references)

Minorities

Czech Republic

A higher-than-average percentage of the Romani population applies for partial or full disability pensions due to the occurrence of malignant diseases resulting from the neglect of preventive health practices or the lack of available medical care in areas with above-average Romani populations. (references)

Women

Jordan

However, one southern tribe of Egyptian origin in the small village of Rahmah near Aqaba reportedly practices FGM. One local Mufti issued a fatwa stating that FGM "safeguards women's chastity and protects them against malignant diseases by preventing fat excretions." However, the Mufti also stated that as FGM is not a requirement of Islam, women who do not undergo this procedure should not be embarrassed. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Malignant

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Madison

1809-1817The American Theatre has exhibited proofs that equal and complete liberty, if it does not wholly eradicate it, sufficiently destroys its malignant influence on the health and prosperity of the State.

James Monroe

1817-1825In the month of August a very malignant fever made its appearance at Thompsons Island, which threatened the destruction of our station there.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Malignant

"Malignant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.34% of the time. "Malignant" is used about 302 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)98.34%29716,856
Noun (singular)1.66%5157,705
                    Total100.00%302N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Malignant

Expressions using "malignant": be malignant bovine malignant catarrh diffuse malignant mesothelioma malignant anaemia malignant anemia malignant ascites Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome Malignant Catarrh malignant catarrhal fever(of cattle) malignant edema malignant epithelioma malignant fibrous histiocytoma malignant foulbrood malignant foulbrood of bees malignant growth malignant head catarrh malignant hepatoma malignant hypertension Malignant Hyperthermia malignant jaundice Malignant lymphoma malignant melanoma malignant meningioma malignant mesothelioma malignant neoplasm malignant neoplastic disease malignant neuroma malignant oedema malignant pustula Malignant pustule Malignant sore throat malignant trophoblastic neoplasia malignant tumor malignant tumour malignant ulcer Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome non malignant tumor. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "malignant": non-malignant, pre-malignant.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Malignant

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

malignant melanoma

219

malignant hyperthermia

123

malignant mesothelioma

113

malignant

48

malignant hypothermia

27

malignant hypertension

27

malignant tumor

24

malignant fibrous histiocytoma

23

malignant melanoma picture

18

malignant lymphoma

17
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Modern Translations: Malignant

Language Translations for "malignant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

keqdashës (carping, ill disposed, malevolent, malicious, malign, spiteful), i lig (bad, basilisk, catty, despiteful, diabolic, diabolical, evil, evil-minded, felon, godless, iniquitous, malevolent, malicious, malign, mean, nasty, nefarious, perverse, sinister, spiteful, vicious, wicked), i keq (bad, bad tempered, baleful, blinking, bodeful, cancerous, catty, cheesy, crook, dark, defective, dubious, evil, heavy, ill, ill disposed, ill natured, ill-conditioned, lousy, low-grade, malign, nasty, naughty, perverse, poor, punk, shady, shoddy, sinister, ugly, vicious, vile, wicked). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ورم خبيث (cancer, tumor, tumour), ‏حقود (hateful, ill-wisher, malicious, rancorous, revengeful, spiteful, venomous), ‏غلول, ‏ضار (detrimental, felled, ferocious, fierce, hurtful, impish, injurious, malign, noisome, noxious, pernicious, pest, poisonous, predatory, prejudicial, rabid, rapacious, ravenous, savage, set, sharp, truculent, unhealthy, unwholesome, vicious), ‏خبيث (bad, black-hearted, dark, evil, evil-minded, malevolent, malicious, pernicious, rake, roue, sly, vicious, viperous, virulent, vulpine, wicked, wily). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

зъл (bad, bad tempered, baleful, blackhearted, evil, ill, ill disposed, ill tempered, ill-conditioned, malign, mean, scratchy, sinister, snaky, stuffy, sulphurous, swart, tricky, venomous, vicious, waspish, wicked), злостен (poisonous, spiteful, vicious, virulent), злокачествен (cancerous, malign, virulent), зловреден (malefic, malign, mischievous, pestilent, pestilential, swart, unwholesome), злобен (bitchy, blackhearted, catty, despiteful, dirty, envenomed, evil-minded, ill natured, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, nasty, rancorous, sinister, spiteful, spleenful, squint eyed, venomous, vicious, virulent). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

恶性. (various references)

   

Czech

  

zlomyslný (bitchy, catty, despiteful, malicious, mischievous, nasty, spiteful, unfriendly, unkind, vicious), zhoubný (baleful, baneful, deadly, destructive, hurtful, malign, noisome, pernicious, ruinous, unwholesome, virulent). (various references)

   

Danish

  

malign. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

maligne, kwaadaardig (malicious, mischievous, nasty, vicious). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

متمرد (Disobedient, Insurgent, Intractable, Lawbreaker, Malcontent, Outlaw, Rebel, Rebellious, Recalcitrant, Recusant, Unruly, Wayward), کینه جو (Virulent), سرکش (Disobedient, Indomitable, Inelastic, Insubordinate, Irrepressible, Malcontent, Naughty, Random, Rebel, Rebellious, Recalcitrant, Refractory, Restive, Rowdy, Turbulent, Undaunted, Unruly, Unyielding, Wanton), زیان اور (Bad, Deleterious, Evil, Ill, Nocuous, Pernicious), صدمه رسان , خطرناک (Calamitous, Disastrous, Dngerous, Grave, Herculean, Ill, Jeopardous, Perilous, Serious, Venturesome), بدطینت (Vicious), بدخواه (Malevolent, Sinister). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pahanlaatuinen. (various references)

   

French

  

malin (wise man). (various references)

   

German

  

maligne, bösartig (ferocious, fierce, maleficent, malfeasant, malicious, maliciously, mischievous, mischievously, nasty, pernicious, vicious, virulent). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κακοήθης. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ממאיר (malign, pernicious, stinging, terminal), מרושע (diabolic, evil, iniquitous, malevolent, malicious, malign, nefarious, sinister, unholy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked), רשע (evil, evildoing, harm, iniquity, unholy, wicked, wrong). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

rosszakaratú (hostile, ill disposed, malevolent, rancorous). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

ganas (ferocious, savage, vicious). (various references)

   

Italian

  

maligno (bad tempered, black-hearted, gloating, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, snide, spiteful, venomous). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

悪質 (bad quality, malignancy, vicious), 悪性 (evil nature, lewdness, licentiousness, malignancy, pernicious, virulence). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

あくしつ (bad quality, malignancy, malignant or virulent disease, vicious), あくせい (bad voice, evil speaking, malignancy, misgovernment, pernicious, virulence). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

악의 (malice, spite). (various references)

   

Manx

  

roonagh (ill intentioned; runic, malicious, perverse, secret, stubborn, vicious, vindictive), olkyssagh (baleful, elfish, evilly-disposed, iniquitous, malicious, mischief-maker, mischievous, naughty, vicious, wicked), kahngyragh (carcinomous), goanlyssagh (malevolent, malicious, rancorous, revengeful, spiteful, spiteful person, vicious, vicious spiteful, vindictive), drogh-aighagh (ill-natured, malicious, unfortunate). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alignantmay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

maligno (baleful, carping, ill disposed, impish, malefic, maleficent, malicious, malign, pernicious, poisonous, virulent). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

rãutãcios (catty, elfish, jeering, jeeringly, malicious, mischievous, spiteful, vicious, wicked). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

злостный (uncharitable), злокачественный (cancerous, destructive, malign), болезнетворный (morbific, nosogenic, pathogenic). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

maligan (malign), zloćudan (bad tempered, ill natured, ill tempered, malefic, malign), opak (blackhearted, evil, malefic, nefarious, perishing, pernicious, severe, ugly, wicked). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

maligno (malign). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

malign, elakartad (malign, serious, virulent). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zarar verici (counterproductive, damaging, mischievous), kötücül (cankered, malevolent, malicious, malign, unholy, wicked), kötü niyetli (baleful, gloating, ill disposed, ill-affected, ill-intentioned, malevolent, malicious, poisonous, sinister, wanton), habis (flagitious, malign). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

згубний (baneful, calamitous, damnatory, damnific, damning, deleterious, destructive, fatal, holocaustal, holocaustic, maleficent, malign, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, prejudicial, prejudicious, ruinous, withering), злісний (baleful, cammed, cankered, cattish, despiteful, diabolic, diabolical, evil-minded, inveterate, malicious, malign, unholy, venomous, virulent, wrathy), злоякісний (cancerous, ferine, malign, pernicious). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thích l m điều ác. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

mileinig (ferocious, savage), adwythig (baneful, cruel, evil, sick, sore). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Malignant

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Avestan200-600

duzhda. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Malignant

Derivations

Words beginning with "malignant": malignantly. (additional references)

Words ending with "malignant": nonmalignant, premalignant. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Malignant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: maignant, mailignant, malagnant, malegato, malgnant, maliganant, maligant, maligna, malignans, malignat, malignent, malinin, mallignant, Meigant, melignant. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Malignant"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "malignant" (pronounced muli"gnunt)
6-i" g n u n tindignant.
5-g n u n tpregnant, repugnant, stagnant.
4-n u n tabstinent, complainant, component, consonant, contaminant, continent, covenant, determinant, dissonant, dominant, eminent, exponent, immanent, imminent, impertinent, incontinent, lieutenant, opponent, pennant, permanent, pertinent, predominant, preeminent, prominent, proponent, recombinant, remnant, resonant, ruminant, semipermanent, subcontinent, tenant.
3-u n tabandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complaisant, complement, compliant, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contentment, contestant, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immigrant, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, percipient, persistent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, pronouncement, propellant, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Malignant

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-g-i-l-m-n-n-t"

-1 letter: mantling.

-2 letters: anginal, antiman, malting, matinal.

-3 letters: agnail, alanin, angina, animal, anting, lamina, laming, lingam, magian, malign, manila, mating, naming, taming, tinman.

-4 letters: again, alang, alant, algin, align, amain, amiga, amnia, anima, annal, atman, gamin, giant, glint, lagan, lamia, lanai, liana, liang, ligan, liman, linga, manat, mania, manna, manta, matin, natal, taiga, tamal.

-5 letters: agin, agma, alan, alga, alit, alma, amia, amin, anal, anga, anil, anna, anta, anti, atma, gain, gait, gala, gama, gilt, glia, glim, gnat, lain, lama, lang, lati, lima, limn, ling, linn, lint, magi, mail, main, malt, mana, milt, mina, mint, naan, nail, nana, tail, tain, tala, tali, tang, ting.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-g-i-l-m-n-n-t"
 

+1 letter: laminating.

 

+2 letters: malignantly.

 

+3 letters: antigambling, calumniating, delaminating, manipulating, nonmalignant, premalignant.

 

+4 letters: intermarginal.

 

+5 letters: mistranslating, nongrammatical, somnambulating.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Malignant


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 61 6C 69 67 6E 61 6E 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Speeches
11. Usage Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Translations: Ancient
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Orthography
20. Bibliography


  

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