Definitions for malign
məˈlaɪnma·lign

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. malignadjective

   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. malefic, malevolent, malign, evilverb

   having or exerting a malignant influence

   "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"

3. badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mudverb

   speak unfavorably about

   "She badmouths her husband everywhere"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. malignverb

   To make defamatory statements about someone or something.

2. malignadjective

   evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.

3. malignadjective

   malevolent.

4. Etymology: Via French from Latin malignus, from malus + genus. Compare benign.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Malignadjective

   Etymology: maligne, French; malignus, Latin:

   1. Unfavourable; ill-disposed to any one; malicious.

   Witchcraft may be by a tacit operation of malign spirits. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

   If in the constellations war were sprung,
   Two planets, rushing from aspect malign
   Of fiercest opposition, in mid sky,
   Should combat, and their jarring spheres confound. John Milton.

   Of contempt, and the malign hostile influence it has upon government, every man’s experience will inform him. South.

   2. Infectious; fatal to the body; pestilential.

   He that turneth the humours back, and maketh the wound bleed inwards, endangereth malign ulcers and pernicious impostumations. Francis Bacon, Essays.

2. To Malignverb

   Etymology: from the adjective.

   1. To regard with envy or malice.

   The people practise what mischiefs and villanies they will against private men, whom they malign, by stealing their goods, or murdering them. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   It is hardly to be thought that any governor should so malign his successor, as to suffer an evil to grow up which he might timely have kept under. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   Strangers conspired together against him, and maligned him in the wilderness. Ecclus. xlv. 18.

   If it is a pleasure to be envied and shot at, to be maligned standing, and to be depised falling; then is it a pleasure to be great, and to be able to dispose of mens fortunes. South.

   2. To mischief; to hurt; to harm.

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1. malign

   "Malign" is a verb that means to speak about someone or something in a critically disparaging or defamatory manner. It implies causing harm or damage by spreading false or negative information about a person or entity. As an adjective, malign refers to something evil or harmful in nature or influence.

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1. Malignadjective

   having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign

2. Malignadjective

   unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets

3. Malignadjective

   malignant; as, a malign ulcer

4. Malignadjective

   to treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure

5. Malignadjective

   to speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse

6. Malignverb

   to entertain malice

7. Etymology: [L. malignus, for maligenus, i. e., of a bad kind or nature; malus bad + the root of genus birth, race, kind: cf. F. malin, masc., maligne, fem. See Malice, Gender, and cf. Benign, Malignant.]

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1. Malign

   Malign is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1994.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Malign

   ma-līn′, adj. of an evil disposition towards others: malicious: unfavourable.—v.t. to speak evil of: (obs.) to treat with malice.—ns. Malign′er; Malig′nity, state or quality of being malign: great hatred, virulence: deadly quality.—adv. Malign′ly.—n. Malign′ment. [Fr. malin, fem. maligne—L. malignus for maligenus, of evil disposition—malus, bad, and gen, root of genus.]

Anagrams for malign »

1. laming

2. lingam

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of malign in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of malign in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of malign in a Sentence

1. John Cornyn:

   Saudi Arabia has a history of surreptitious and at times malign behavior in Saudi Arabia attempts to influence American public policy and freedom of speech in our own country, in 2016, the Saudi government used shell nonprofits to trick several American veterans into lobbying on its behalf against the Justice Against State Sponsors of Terrorism Act( P.L. 114 – 222). In 2018, Saudi Arabian operatives murdered U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside its own consulate. In this 2014 file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a news conference in Manama, Bahrain. ( AP).

2. Erik Gordon:

   ?It is a hallowed campaign tradition. Malign an industry, but court its wealthy big shots.

3. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Govt PSU shares have got the maximum beatings and gone down ruthlessly since Oct'21 during this stock market carnage and this clearly shows that this fall is fishy and big corporates along with govt politicians and news media are playing game plan to malign the image of PSUs to promote privatization and loot public investors money

4. Jeanne Shaheen:

   Germany is a critical U.S. ally and I welcome steps by the administration to try to negotiate a diplomatic path forward and consult with our European allies to mitigate the impact of Nord Stream 2 2 pipeline project, however, I am not yet convinced that this agreement -- or any bilateral agreement -- can sufficiently provide assurances to our European allies and minimize the considerable economic impact and security implications of this pipeline's completion. I've long contended that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline should not be completed because it empowers the Kremlin to spread its malign influence throughout Eastern Europe, threatens the economic security of our European partners and puts our global stability at risk. I continue to believe that.

5. Mike McCaul:

   The key to addressing Russian aggression is deterrence, this administration has done far too little to deter Russia from further invading Ukraine which is why I introduced the GUARD Act. This bill expedites significant additional lethal assistance to Ukraine and immediately sanctions Putin’s malign influence project, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=malign
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Malign
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=malign
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malign
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=malign
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=malign