malign
11malign — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ harmful or evil. ► VERB ▪ speak ill of. DERIVATIVES malignity noun malignly adverb. ORIGIN Latin malignus tending to evil …
12malign — {{11}}malign (adj.) early 14c., from O.Fr. maligne having an evil nature, from L. malignus wicked, bad natured, from male badly (see MAL (Cf. mal )) + gnus born, from gignere to bear, beget, from PIE root *gn to bear (see …
13malign — [[t]məla͟ɪn[/t]] maligns, maligning, maligned 1) VERB If you malign someone, you say unpleasant and untrue things about them. [FORMAL] [V n] We maligned him dreadfully when you come to think of it. We assumed the very worst about him... [V n]… …
14malign — malicious, malign, malignant, malevolent 1. All four words are connected with doing harm or evil (from Latin malus), but there are important differences. Malicious means ‘intending to do harm’ and is associated with people (or occasionally… …
15malign — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English maligne, from Anglo French, from Latin malignus, from male badly + gignere to beget more at mal , kin Date: 14th century 1. a. evil in nature, influence, or effect ; injurious < the malign effects of illicit …
16malign — 1. adjective a malign influence Syn: harmful, evil, bad, baleful, hostile, inimical, destructive, malignant, injurious; literary malefic, maleficent Ant: beneficial 2. verb he maligned an innocent man Syn …
17malign — I UK [məˈlaɪn] / US verb [transitive] Word forms malign : present tense I/you/we/they malign he/she/it maligns present participle maligning past tense maligned past participle maligned to say unpleasant things about someone or something, usually… …
18malign — maligner, n. malignly, adv. /meuh luyn /, v.t. 1. to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man. adj. 2. evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious: The gloomy house had a malign influence upon… …
19malign — ma|lign1 [məˈlaın] v [T usually passive] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: malignier to do evil, deceive , from Late Latin malignari, from Latin malignus; MALIGN2] to say unpleasant things about someone that are untrue = ↑slander ▪ She had… …
20malign — ma|lign1 [ mə laın ] verb transitive to say unpleasant things about someone, usually unfairly: the much maligned coach of the San Diego Chargers malign ma|lign 2 [ mə laın ] adjective LITERARY causing harm: a malign influence/effect …
