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malign
[ muh-lahyn ]
verb (used with object)
to malign an honorable man.
Synonyms: vilify, abuse, revile, disparage, calumniate, libel
Antonyms: praise
adjective
The gloomy house had a malign influence upon her usually good mood.
Synonyms: baneful
- having or showing an evil disposition; malevolent; malicious:
malign
/ məˈlaɪn /
adjective
- evil in influence, intention, or effect
verb
- tr to slander or defame
Derived Forms
- maˈligner, noun
- maˈlignly, adverb
Other Words From
- ma·lign·er noun
- ma·lign·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of malign1
Example Sentences
Timor is overjoyed at the malign trouble he and his friends have caused.
For people prone to believe doctors like me are part of some malign conspiracy, nothing I say will make a difference.
She leaves, scared of what she is capable of doing, her malign mentor cackling.
If the answer is yes, there is every chance that the news will throw a malign shadow over the tournament in Brazil.
For a “fair” reading of contemporary Russia is that the country plays a consistently malign role in world affairs.
Some evil influence, some malign destiny, seems ever to have brought disaster where her people looked for progress or happiness.
Mankind's malevolence may makeMuch melancholy musing mine; Many my motives may mistake,My modest merits much malign.
Ignorant, superstitious, worked upon by things as they seemed, the outlaw imagined himself at last beset by malign forces.
At last there came an interval in which the malign influence of our invisible enemy seemed as if withheld.
Did that reverend Basket-bearer intend, by such designation, to shadow forth my future destiny, or his own present malign humor?
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