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to malign
01
to say bad and untrue things about someone, typically to damage their reputation
Transitive: to malign sb/sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
malign
3rd person singular
maligns
Present participle
maligning
Past simple
maligned
Past participle
maligned
Examples
They believed he had maligned them to advance his own career.
malign
01
causing damage or working to corrupt
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most malign
Comparative
more malign
gradable
Examples
The malign influence of corruption weakened the nation.
02
showing intense ill will
Examples
She gave him a malign glare across the room.
Lexical Tree
malignance
malignant
maligner
malign
