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1. (v.t.) malign
to speak harmful untruths about; slander; defame.
2. (adj.) malign
evil in effect; pernicious.
3. malign
having or showing an evil disposition.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME maligne < MF < L malignus. See mal -, benign)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) malign
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"
2. (verb) malefic, malevolent, malign, evil
having or exerting a malignant influence
"malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"
3. (verb) badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud
speak unfavorably about
"She badmouths her husband everywhere"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) malign
having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign
2. (adj) malign
unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets
3. (adj) malign
malignant; as, a malign ulcer
4. (adj) malign
to treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure
5. (adj) malign
to speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse
6. (verb) malign
to entertain malice
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Sense: to say unpleasant things about (someone or something), especially without reason
He's always maligning his wife when she isn't there.
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 Afrikaans: kwaadspreek |
 Arabic: يَطْعَنُ في، يَقْدَح في ش |
 Bulgarian: злословя |
 Brazilian: caluniar |
 Czech: pomlouvat |
 German: verleumden |
 Danish: bagtale |
 Greek: κακολογώ |
 Spanish: calumniar, difamar |
 Estonian: laimama |
 Farsi: بدخواهی کردن |
 Finnish: mustata |
 French: dire du mal de |
 Hebrew: לְהַשמִיץ |
 Hindi: बदनाम करना |
 Croatian: štetiti |
 Hungarian: befeketít |
 Indonesian: memfitnah |
 Icelandic: rægja |
 Italian: malignare su, sparlare di |
 Japanese: 悪口を言う |
 Korean: 욕설을 하다 |
 Lithuanian: apkalbėti |
 Latvian: apmelot; aprunāt |
 Malay: memfitnah |
 Dutch: belasteren |
 Norwegian: rakke ned på, snakke styg |
 Polish: oczerniać |
 Persian: بدخواهی کردن |
 Pashto: چاته بد غوښتل |
 Portuguese: caluniar |
 Romanian: a vorbi de rău |
 Russian: злословить |
 Slovak: ohovárať |
 Slovenian: obrekovati |
 Serbian: oklevetati |
 Swedish: baktala |
 Thai: ใส่ร้าย |
 Turkish: iftira etmek, karaçalmak |
 Taiwanese: 誹謗 |
 Ukrainian: обмовляти, зводити наклеп |
 Urdu: ضرر رساں |
 Vietnamese: vu khống; nói xấu |
 Chinese: 诽谤 |
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