Cordiality and Malignance
Opposite meaning words
Cordiality
Malignance
Malignance noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: in meting out the harsh sentence, the judge cited the exceptional malignance and ruthlessness with which the rape was committed
Cordiality is an antonym for malignance.
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Malignance and Cordiality. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cordiality/malignance
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Malignance or Cordiality. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cordiality/malignance.
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