Malignancy and Vindictiveness

Malignancy

Malignancy noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: her irrepressible malignancy was such that she even attacked her friends behind their backs

Vindictiveness and malignancy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vindictiveness" instead a noun "Malignancy".

Vindictiveness

Vindictiveness noun - A malevolent desire for revenge.
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Malignancy and vindictiveness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Malignancy" instead a noun "Vindictiveness".
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Vindictiveness and Malignancy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/malignancy/vindictiveness
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