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:
- Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue. malignant diphtheria.
- Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
noun:
- A person who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War.
- 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.
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