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malign

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adjective

ma·​lign mə-ˈlīn How to pronounce malign (audio)
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a
: evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious
the malign effects of illicit drugs
b
: malignant, virulent
a malign lesion
2
: having or showing intense often vicious ill will : malevolent
gave him a malign look
malignly adverb

malign

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verb

maligned; maligning; maligns

transitive verb

: to utter injuriously misleading or false reports about : speak evil of
Her supporters say that she has been unfairly maligned in the press.

Did you know?

When a word's got mal- in it, it's no good. That prefix traces to the Latin word malus (which means "bad"), and it puts the negative vibes in both the verb and adjective forms of malign (from the Latin malignus, meaning "evil in nature") and a host of other English words. You can see it in malpractice (bad medical practice) and malady (a bad condition, such as a disease or illness, of the body or mind). A malefactor is someone guilty of bad deeds, and malice is a desire to cause injury, pain, or distress to another person. Other mal- formed words include malaise, malcontent, maladroit, malodorous, and malnourished.

Synonyms

Adjective

Verb

Choose the Right Synonym for malign

Adjective

sinister, baleful, malign mean seriously threatening evil or disaster.

sinister suggests a general or vague feeling of fear or apprehension on the part of the observer.

a sinister aura haunts the place

baleful imputes perniciousness or destructiveness to something whether working openly or covertly.

exerting a corrupt and baleful influence

malign applies to what is inherently evil or harmful.

the malign effects of racism

Verb

malign, traduce, asperse, vilify, calumniate, defame, slander mean to injure by speaking ill of.

malign suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not always imply deliberate lying.

the most maligned monarch in British history

traduce stresses the resulting ignominy and distress to the victim.

so traduced the governor that he was driven from office

asperse implies continued attack on a reputation often by indirect or insinuated detraction.

both candidates aspersed the other's motives

vilify implies attempting to destroy a reputation by open and direct abuse.

no criminal was more vilified in the press

calumniate imputes malice to the speaker and falsity to the assertions.

falsely calumniated as a traitor

defame stresses the actual loss of or injury to one's good name.

sued them for defaming her reputation

slander stresses the suffering of the victim.

town gossips slandered their good name

Example Sentences

Adjective both parties to the divorce showed a malign desire to make each other's future life utterly miserable Verb Her supporters say she is being unfairly maligned in the press. a candidate who believes that it is possible to win an election without maligning anyone
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Epistemic elites need to walk away from the malign influence of this behavior. WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022 Attorney Mark Dubowitz testified before Congress in July 2016 that without any way to control usage, aircraft may be commandeered at the whim of the IRGC to move troops and supplies for malign activities. Fred Shaheen, WSJ, 13 June 2022 Exposing and dismantling malign CCP propaganda and influence efforts — and standing with Beijing’s victims and targets — is an essential project. The Editors, National Review, 3 Aug. 2022 Six years later, the threat of hacking and malign foreign influence remain, but 2022 is a different time and a new top-line risk has emerged: physical safety threats to election officials, their families, and their workplaces. Wired, 22 July 2022 Many of the Gulf nations—Saudi Arabia, in particular—have grave concerns about Iran’s malign activity in the region. Aamer Madhani, ajc, 16 July 2022 Iran would intensify its malign activities, from terrorism to proxy war to hostage-taking, knowing that the bomb gives it cover. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 16 July 2022 Will those who orchestrated the events leading up to January 6th be given a pass for their malign actions? Charlie Dent, CNN, 21 June 2022 There are many developers currently building and deploying creative, common-sense solutions to combat the malign influences that have corrupted our use of popular platforms. Maritza Johnson, Fortune, 24 June 2022
Verb
In the video, the nurses malign the parents’ hygiene and breast-feeding practices. Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2022 The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for Central California, accused The Athletic and its former writer Molly Knight of a harassment campaign to malign him. NBC News, 30 Mar. 2022 Herds of invasive wild horses have, in recent decades, been thorns in the sides of environmentalists who malign the animals’ destruction of resources critical to native wildlife. J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 11 Feb. 2022 The result of the flawed process by election novices, the county found, was to falsely malign county employees, call into question the validity of legitimate votes and damage the confidence of the electorate. Rosalind S. Helderman, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2022 Palmer said what still hurts is when people malign her sister’s reputation. NBC News, 19 Jan. 2022 Yet malign moral violations tended to elicit negative reactions. Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Nov. 2021 The Delhi police, however, sniffed an international conspiracy to malign India in this. Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2021 Some in the English-speaking minority fear that legislation proposed by the provincial government to strengthen French will violate their rights and that the controversy will be used to unfairly malign the many of them who have learned French. Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English maligne, from Anglo-French, from Latin malignus, from male badly + gignere to beget — more at mal-, kin

Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French maligner to act maliciously, from Late Latin malignari, from Latin malignus — see malign entry 1

First Known Use

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of malign was in the 14th century

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