āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to malign
01
āĻ āĻĒāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to say bad and untrue things about someone, typically to damage their reputation
Transitive: to malign sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The opposition group is actively maligning the government during election season.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻĻāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ
āĻĒāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
malign
01
āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ°, āĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻāĻ°
causing damage or working to corrupt
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A malign force seemed to haunt the village.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻˇāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻˇāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ
showing intense ill will
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His malign words cut deep.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻˇāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
malignance
malignant
maligner
malign
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
