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- MALIGN Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
When a word's got mal- in it, it's no good That prefix traces to the Latin word malus (which means "bad"), and it puts the negative vibes in both the verb and adjective forms of malign (from the Latin malignus, meaning "evil in nature") and a host of other English words
- MALIGN Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
adjective evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious The gloomy house had a malign influence upon her usually good mood
- MALIGN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
MALIGN definition: 1 causing or intending to cause harm or evil: 2 to say false and unpleasant things about… Learn more
- Malign - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
If you malign someone, you badmouth them — just like the jilted girlfriend who tells the whole school her ex has bad breath and head lice When you habitually malign people, you risk being described as "a malign influence" — in this case, malign is an adjective that describes a harmful or even evil person or thing
- Malign - definition of malign by The Free Dictionary
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)
- MALIGN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you malign someone, you say unpleasant and untrue things about them We maligned him dreadfully when you come to think of it [VERB noun] Either the managers have been maligned or they are not telling the truth [VERB noun] If something is malign, it causes harm the malign influence jealousy had on their lives
- malign - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
ma•lign (mə līn′), v t to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man adj evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious: The gloomy house had a malign influence upon her usually good mood having or showing an evil disposition; malevolent; malicious
- MALIGN Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
The words baleful and sinister are common synonyms of malign While all three words mean "seriously threatening evil or disaster," malign applies to what is inherently evil or harmful
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