Malignance and Sympathy

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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

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Sympathy is an antonym for malignance in topics: hate, severe dislike.

Sympathy noun - Sorrow or the capacity to feel sorrow for another's suffering or misfortune.

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Malignance is an antonym for sympathy.

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Sympathy and Malignance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/malignance/sympathy

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