Evil and Malignant

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Evil adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.

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Malignant is a synonym for evil in attitude topic. In some cases you can use "Malignant" instead an adjective "Evil", when it comes to topics like sinful, wicked, malevolent, harmful.

Nearby Word: evilly

Malignant adjective - Having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it.

Usage example: a malignant wish to lash out at everyone who was smarter, richer, or better-looking than he was

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Evil is a synonym for malignant in attitude topic. You can use "Evil" instead an adjective "Malignant", if it concerns topics such as uncontrollable.

They worship a malignant god, which involves blood sacrifices, mass murder, human processing and overall plenty of evil, demented stuff.

Source: Religion of Evil
They voodoo in that they are created by the malignant, evil/chaotic influence of Perimal Darkling.

Source: Voodoo Zombie
Evil Is Not a Toy: What many folks learn when they try to bend the various malignant forces in the stories to their own purposes.

Source: Creator / Junji Ito

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