malignity

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Intimately acquainted with Richard’s malignity, these ruined royals know only too well the toll of his depraved machinations.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

His malignity and psychopathology seem to attract followers when these same characteristics should repulse people.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2024

It bore the painting of a woman of strange beauty, but the dark eyes stared into vacancy with a cold malignity of expression.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2018

But reflecting on Onfroy’s legacy also requires a frank confrontation with the malignity he inflicted.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 20, 2018

The regrettable catastrophe was due to the governess's disobedience and malignity.

From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis