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  • 31malignancy — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fatality, virulence, hatred; see malice . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A desire to harm others or to see others suffer: despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignity, meanness, nastiness,… …

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  • 32malignity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fatality] Syn. deadliness, virulence, noxiousness; see fatality . 2. [Hostility] Syn. hostility, envy, spite; see hate , hatred 1 , 2 , malice , resentment . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A desire to harm others or to see… …

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  • 33meanness — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The quality of being mean] Syn. smallmindedness, baseness, lowness, pettiness, wickedness, debasement, degradation, abjection, shamelessness, infamy, degeneracy, blackguardism, knavishness, unscrupulousness, stinginess,… …

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  • 34despitefulness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A desire to harm others or to see others suffer: ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness, viciousness. See ATTITUDE …

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  • 35maliciousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A desire to harm others or to see others suffer: despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, malice, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness, viciousness. See ATTITUDE …

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  • 36nastiness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A desire to harm others or to see others suffer: despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, poisonousness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness, viciousness. See… …

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  • 37poisonousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A desire to harm others or to see others suffer: despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness, viciousness. See ATTITUDE …

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  • 38spitefulness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A desire to harm others or to see others suffer: despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spite, venomousness, viciousness. See… …

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  • 39viciousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A desire to harm others or to see others suffer: despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness. See ATTITUDE …

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  • 40venomous — late 13c., from Anglo Fr. venimeus, O.Fr. venimeux, from venim (see VENOM (Cf. venom)). Earliest recorded use is figurative; literal sense by early 14c. Related: Venomously; venomousness …

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