malignity

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

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

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 20, 2018

If Ferdinand represents human malignity and Goya its frailty then Arrieta stands for man’s innate goodness.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2015

After the publication of his "Rights of Man" and "The Age of Reason", every falsehood that malignity could coin and malice pass, was given to the world.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green

A dozen, a score of the pallid malignities seemed to pour in toward the center of the grove, where John Parry’s ghost marshaled his companions to fight them off.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

The cabal which gathered head against Bajazet could only whisper its malignities when Mithridate appeared.

From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund

Magnificent as was his defence, it availed him nothing against such a combination of malignities; even his few friends, losing courage, failed to support him.

From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund

"What malignities and slanders," exclaims Diaz, "were now circulated against Cortez by his enemies in Mexico!"

From Hernando Cortez Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

The believer in these processes thinks that certain acts possess particular efficacies beyond those evident to his observation and reason; and that peculiar malignities are to be expected as the consequence of certain other acts.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul