прилагательное 1) злобный; злостный; зловредный Например: His article was full of the most malignant insinuations. — Его статья изобиловала самыми злостными намёками. malignant gossip — злословие, сплетни; поношение Синоним(ы): spiteful, malicious 2) [медицина] злокачественный; болезнетворный
adjective Etymology: Late Latin malignant-, malignans, present participle of malignari 1. a. obsolete malcontent, disaffected b. evil in nature, influence, or effect; injurious c. passionately and relentlessly malevolent; aggressively malicious 2. tending to produce death or deterioration Example: malignant malaria; especially tending to infiltrate, metastasize, and terminate fatally Example: a malignant tumor • malignantly adverb