Meaning of malign in English
Verb
malignDefinitions
1. speak unfavorably aboutExamples
- « She badmouthes her husband everywhere »
Classifying Adjective
malignDefinitions
1. having or exerting a malignant influenceExamples
- « malevolent stars »
- « a malefic force »
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Qualitative Adjective
malignEtymology
Middle English: via Old French maligne (adjective), malignier (verb), based on Latin malignus‘tending to evil’, from malus‘bad’Definitions
1. evil or harmful in nature or influenceExamples
- « prompted by malign motives »
- « believed in witches and malign spirits »
- « gave him a malign look »
- « a malign lesion »
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