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- Dictionarymalign/məˈlʌɪn/
adjective
- 1. evil in nature or effect: "she had a strong and malign influence"
verb
- 1. speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner: "don't you dare malign her in my presence"
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to say false and unpleasant things about someone, or to criticize someone unfairly: She has recently been maligned in the gossip columns of several newspapers. Much-maligned for their derivative style, the band is nevertheless enduringly popular. Synonyms. criticize. traduce formal.
1. a. : evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious. the malign effects of illicit drugs. b. : malignant, virulent. a malign lesion. 2. : having or showing intense often vicious ill will : malevolent.
Malign definition: to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame. See examples of MALIGN used in a sentence.
to say false and unpleasant things about someone, or to criticize someone unfairly: She has recently been maligned in the gossip columns of several newspapers. Much-maligned for their derivative style, the band is nevertheless enduringly popular. Synonyms. criticize. traduce formal.
Definitions of malign. verb. speak unfavorably about. synonyms: badmouth, drag through the mud, traduce. see more. adjective. 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” synonyms: maleficent. harmful or evil in intent or effect. cancerous.
If you malign someone, you say unpleasant and untrue things about them. We maligned him dreadfully when you come to think of it. American English : malign / məˈlaɪn /
1. Evil or harmful in nature or effect: "He felt that the malign influence of the house had governed his own disintegration" (Thomas Wolfe). 2. Intending or threatening harm or ill will; malevolent: "a snarling, bickering husky ... heavy-chested, with a malign eye" (Jack London).
