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# malignant

adjective

«malignant» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Malignant means evil and wishing harm to others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malignant/#m1)
2. Malignant also means an illness that is growing and dangerous, such as a cancer. Old use in the first sense. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malignant/#m2)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales, an evil witch or spirit who wants to harm people

### Examples

- In one of the stories a malignant witch is destroyed by a kind fairy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malignant/#x1)
- The witch was malignant and cruel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malignant/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

It describes a spreading mildew in a house that made it unclean.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this affliction as a spiritual sign, often linked to harsh speech or selfishness, and the priest decides what must be done.

### Examples

- then the priest shall come in and look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house: it is unclean. (Torah LEV.14.44, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/malignant/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «malignant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malignant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«malignant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/malignant.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «malignant» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/malignant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«malignant» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/malignant.html) on Mova free.