malign
v.
slander, make evil and untrue statements about another; speak in a wicked manner of
maligned
Adjective
1. assailed with contemptuous language
(synonym) reviled
(similar) abused
malign
Verb
1. speak unfavorably about; "She badmouthes her husband everywhere"
(synonym) badmouth, traduce, drag through the mud
(hypernym) defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
(derivation) smear, vilification, malignment
Adjective
1. evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion"
(antonym) benign, benignant
(similar) cancerous
(see-also) harmful
(attribute) malignity, malignancy, malignance
2. having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"
(synonym) malefic, malevolent, evil
(similar) maleficent
Maligned
(imp. & p. p.)
of Malign
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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