malign

  • 31malign — ma·lign || mÉ™ laɪn v. slander, make evil and untrue statements about another adj. evil, harmful …

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  • 32malign — laming …

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  • 33malign — [mə lʌɪn] adjective evil in nature or effect. verb speak ill of. Derivatives maligner noun malignity mə lɪgnɪti noun malignly adverb Origin ME: via OFr. maligne (adjective), malignier (v.), based on L. malignus tending …

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  • 34malign — (L). Bad, evil, wrong …

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  • 35malign — I. a. 1. Malicious, malevolent, malignant, ill disposed. 2. Injurious, pernicious, unfavorable, baneful, very bad, unpropitious. II. v. a. Revile, slander, abuse, calumniate, asperse, defame, blacken, traduce, scandalize, disparage, vilify …

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  • 36malign — v 1. slander, libel, calumniate, traduce, falsify, accuse falsely; misrepresent, belie, asperse, im pute, insinuate; injure, abuse, assail, stab, insult, backbite, Sl. badmouth, engage in personalities; slur, sully, defile, smear, smirch,… …

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  • 37malign — ma·lign …

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  • 38malign — ma•lign [[t]məˈlaɪn[/t]] v. t. 1) to speak harmful untruths about; slander; defame 2) evil in effect; pernicious 3) having or showing an evil disposition • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME maligne < MF < L malignus. See mal , benign ma•lign′er, n.… …

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  • 39malign — /məˈlaɪn / (say muh luyn) verb (t) 1. to speak ill of; slander. –adjective 2. evil in effect; pernicious; baleful. 3. having or showing an evil disposition; malevolent. {Middle English maligne, from Old French, from Latin malignus ill disposed}… …

  • 40malign — ma|lign adj., t, e (ondartet) …

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