how to pronounce malignant

/məˈlɪɡnənt/

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malignant is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of malignant in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… there has been a malignant negligence …”

meanings of malignant

adjective:

  1. Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue. malignant diphtheria.
  2. Harmful, malevolent, injurious.

noun:

  1. A person who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War.
  2. A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society.

malignant frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word malignant occurs in english on average 1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

words with pronunciation similar to malignant

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