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pitiless

English

Etymology

pity +? -less

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?t?l?s/

Adjective

pitiless (comparative more pitiless, superlative most pitiless)

  1. having, or showing, no pity; merciless, ruthless
  2. having no kindly feelings; unkind

Derived terms

  • pitilessly

Translations

Anagrams

  • spilites

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malignant

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?

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