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Malign

məˈlʌɪn

Malign definitions

adjective

Inflections:

malign

evil in nature or effect

"she had a strong and malign influence"

Synonyms:
harmful evil bad baleful hostile inimical destructive malevolent evil-intentioned malignant injurious spiteful malicious vicious
- (of a disease) malignant

verb

Inflections:

malign maligned maligning maligns

speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner

"don't you dare malign her in my presence"

Synonyms:
defame slander libel blacken someone's name/character smear run a smear campaign against vilify speak ill of spread lies about accuse falsely cast aspersions on run down misrepresent calumniate traduce denigrate disparage slur derogate abuse revile