Synonyms and Antonyms of malignance
the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm
- the reviewer was criticized not for his negative review of the singer's album but for the malignance with which he expressed his disapproval of her lavish lifestyle
cattiness, despite, hatefulness, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness, spleen, venom, viciousness
abusiveness, cruelty
abhorrence, abomination, execration, hate, hatred, loathing
animosity, antagonism, antipathy, bitterness, enmity, grudge, hostility, ill will, jaundice, mean-spiritedness, rancor, resentment
despicableness, invidiousness
vengefulness, vindictiveness
aversion, disgust, distaste, horror, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion
bitchery, bitchiness, contempt, disdain
jealousy, pique, resentment, scorn
bile, rancor, virulence, vitriol
devotion, love, passion
amiability, amicability, amity, civility, cordiality, friendliness, hospitality
adoration, ardor, infatuation, veneration, worship
affection, charity, kindliness, kindness
comity, empathy, friendship, goodwill, sympathy, understanding