malign
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
malign
- Evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, Or, A Naturall Historie: In Ten Centuries
- Witchcraft may be by operation of malign spirits.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, Or, A Naturall Historie: In Ten Centuries
- Malevolent.
- 1891, Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- He was sure they [the stars] were arranged in some order which had a secret and malign significance.
- 1891, Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- (oncology) Malignant.
- a malign ulcer
- German: böse, bösartig, böswillig, arglistig, grausam, übelwollend, schädlich, unheilvoll, verderblich, niederträchtig, heimtückisch
malign (maligns, present participle maligning; past and past participle maligned)
- (transitive) To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce.
- To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling.
- (transitive, archaic) To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong.
- The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them.
- See also Thesaurus:defame
- French: vilipender, injurier
- German: schlechtmachen, schlecht machen, lästern, verleumden, Übles nachsagen
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