Malignity
Malignity noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: one of the characters in the novel is a slave driver of such malignity that he came to be one of the most famous villains in all of literature
Resentment is a synonym for malignity in hostility topic. In some cases you can use "Resentment" instead a noun "Malignity".
Resentment
Resentment noun - A lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong.
Malignity is a synonym for resentment in hostility topic. You can use "Malignity" instead a noun "Resentment", if it concerns topics such as hate.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hostility and malignity
- hostility and resentment
- animosity and malignity
- animosity and resentment
- bitterness and malignity
- bitterness and resentment
- antagonism and malignity
- antagonism and resentment
- gall and malignity
- gall and resentment
- malice and malignity
- malice and resentment
- spite and malignity
- spite and resentment
Cite this Source
Resentment and Malignity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/malignity/resentment
Malignity & Resentment. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/malignity/resentment>.
Resentment or Malignity. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/malignity/resentment.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "malignity" and "resentment" have occurred on timeline