MALIGNANCIES Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

malignancy

noun

mə-ˈlig-nən(t)-sē

Definition of malignancy

as in malice

the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm her irrepressible malignancy was such that she even attacked her friends behind their backs

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Recent Examples of malignancy According to Choplain, the most likely scenario now is that Abivax will wait for the full data set, which is expected to be disclosed in October, to gain more granularity and confirm that the malignancies are not related to the treatment. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 2 June 2026 Cancers of the head and neck include malignancies affecting the mouth and throat (called the oral cavity and pharynx), the voice box (larynx), the sinuses and nasal cavities, and the salivary glands. — Mikkael Sekeres, Washington Post, 18 May 2026 And in 2025, UCSD researchers were awarded $25 million to develop biomarkers capable of anticipating tumor evolution and predicting how malignancies will respond to treatment. — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026 An effective treatment for pancreatic cancer would represent a major advance against one of the most lethal malignancies. — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for malignancy

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In October, a Newton County grand jury indicted 43-year-old Taiesha Wilson on charges of malice murder, murder, concealing the death of another, identity theft, and more.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Kingston Bradley of Smyrna, Georgia, was arrested and charged with concealing the death of another and malice murder in connection with Mosley’s death.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of malice

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There’s a real opportunity in the fourth episode to do something fun, or at least interesting, when Tyson convinces Russ to join him in smoking hallucinatory toad venom, but no flair or flourishes emerge.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
Spiders, for instance, have muscles surrounding their venom glands, which contract and eject venom through hollow fangs.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of venom

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The immigration of people from an entirely different world, people with hatred in their hearts, has shattered that once great country.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
Underneath that façade was a sociopathic white supremacist neo-Nazi filled with hatred, fantasizing about mass murder nearly every day.

— Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of hatred

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Luhansk, this terra incognita of the independent Ukraine, is described in almost carnivalesque terms, but this is a carnival infused with absurdity and even cruelty.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Artistaya Arriyawongsa directed and co-wrote the film, which uses the supernatural to probe online cruelty and the public shaming it fuels.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

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