All 4 Uses of
malignant
in
Jane Eyre
- He was moody, too; unaccountably so; I more than once, when sent for to read to him, found him sitting in his library alone, with his head bent on his folded arms; and, when he looked up, a morose, almost a malignant, scowl blackened his features.†
p. 172.4 *
- The idea struck me that if she discovered I knew or suspected her guilt, she would be playing of some of her malignant pranks on me; I thought it advisable to be on my guard.†
p. 180.5
- "Thank God!" he exclaimed, "that if anything malignant did come near you last night, it was only the veil that was harmed.†
p. 328.5
- The lunatic is both cunning and malignant; she has never failed to take advantage of her guardian's temporary lapses; once to secrete the knife with which she stabbed her brother, and twice to possess herself of the key of her cell, and issue therefrom in the night-time.†
p. 357.2
Definition:
harmful or evil
in medicine: harmful growth as with a cancerous tumor
in medicine: harmful growth as with a cancerous tumor