malignity

Other forms of malignity

plural

malignities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about malignity

What does malignity mean?

malignity means "wishing evil to others". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in malignity?

malignity has 4 syllables: ma-lig-ni-ty. The stress falls on "lig".

What is another word for malignity?

Close synonyms include malevolence, malignancy, malignance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of malignity?

The recorded antonyms are benignity.

Is malignity a common word?

malignity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.