Index of English words, starting with "ma"

(1) - Malicious (a.) With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act.
(2) - Malicious (a.) Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief.
(3) - Malicious (a.) Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity.

(1) - Malign (v. i.) To entertain malice.
(2) - Malign (a.) To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse.
(3) - Malign (a.) To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure.
(4) - Malign (a.) Malignant; as, a malign ulcer.
(5) - Malign (a.) Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets.
(6) - Malign (a.) Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.

(1) - Malignancy (n.) The state of being a malignant.
(2) - Malignancy (n.) Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever.
(3) - Malignancy (n.) Unfavorableness; evil nature.
(4) - Malignancy (n.) The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.