Malignity and Wantonness

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Malignity noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

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Wantonness and malignity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wantonness" instead a noun "Malignity".

Nearby Words: malign, malignancy, malignly

Wantonness noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.

Usage example: the barbaric wantonness with which the guards treated the prisoners of war

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Malignity and wantonness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Malignity" instead a noun "Wantonness".

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Wantonness and Malignity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/malignity/wantonness

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