malign
21malign — 1. adjective /məˈlaɪn/ a) evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence. He was sure they [the stars] were arranged in some order which had a secret and malign significance. b) …
22malign — adj. Malign is used with these nouns: ↑influence …
23malign — med., vet. • elakartad, farlig, allvarlig, perniciös, malign …
24malign — [14] Malign comes, probably via Old French, from Latin malignus ‘wicked’. This was derived from malus ‘bad’, a word of unknown origin (some have tried to link it with English small). Malus is of course the starting point for a wide range of other …
25malign — 1 verb (transitive usually passive) to say or write unpleasant things about someone that are untrue: She had seen herself repeatedly maligned in the newspapers. | much maligned (=criticized by a lot of people, often unfairly): a much maligned and …
26malign — [14] Malign comes, probably via Old French, from Latin malignus ‘wicked’. This was derived from malus ‘bad’, a word of unknown origin (some have tried to link it with English small). Malus is of course the starting point for a wide range of other …
27malign — Synonyms and related words: antagonistic, antipathetic, asperse, atrocious, backbite, bad mouth, baleful, baneful, barbaric, barbarous, befoul, besmirch, bespatter, bestial, bitchy, blacken, bloody, blow upon, brutal, brutish, calumniate, cast… …
28malígn — adj. m., pl. malígni; f. sg. malígnã, pl. malígne …
29malign — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. libel, slander, defame; calumniate, asperse, traduce, be smirch; backbite. See detraction, malevolence. Ant., praise. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. accuse, misrepresent, scandalize; see censure , curse 2 …
30malìgn'tè — malignità, malizia, astuzia maligna, furberia, conoscenza del male …
