different between malignant vs hateful

English

Etymology

From Middle French malignant, from Late Latin malignans. See malign.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??l??n?nt/

Adjective

malignant (comparative more malignant, superlative most malignant)

1. Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
2. (medicine) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.

   malignant diphtheria

   a malignant tumor

Antonyms

• (medicine): benign, non-malignant

Derived terms

Related terms

• nonmalignant

Translations

Noun

malignant (plural malignants)

1. A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society.
   • 1823, The Retrospective Review (volume 7, page 11)

     As devout Stephen was carried to his burial by devout men, so is it just and equal that malignants should carry malignants […]
2. (historical, derogatory, obsolete) A person who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War.

Latin

Verb

malignant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of malign?

English

Alternative forms

• hatefull

Etymology

From Middle English hateful, equivalent to hate +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?he?tf?l/
• Hyphenation: hate?ful

Adjective

hateful (comparative hatefuller or more hateful, superlative hatefullest or most hateful)

1. Evoking a feeling of hatred.
2. Dislikeable.
3. Full of hatred.

Antonyms

• loveful

Derived terms

• hatefully
• hatefulness

Related terms

• hate
• hatel
• hatred
• hatable

Translations

Anagrams

• eathful, heatful

Middle English

Alternative forms

• haatful, hatefull, hatfull, hatteful, hatful, hatfful, hatefulle

Etymology

From hate +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?t(?)ful/

Adjective

hateful

1. Disliked, malign, evil, revolting.
2. (rare, Late Middle English) Hateful, angry, ireful, raging.

Derived terms

• hatfully

Descendants

• English: hateful

References

• “h?teful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.