Kindly and Malign

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Kindly adjective - Having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others.

Usage example: brought homemade chicken soup out of kindly concern for my health

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Malign is an antonym for kindly.

Nearby Words: kind, kindness, kindliness

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

Usage example: both parties to the divorce showed a malign desire to make each other's future life utterly miserable

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Kindly is an antonym for malign.

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Malign and Kindly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/kindly/malign

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