maligned (verb)

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• malign — [[t]məla͟ɪn[/t]] maligns, maligning, maligned 1) VERB If you malign someone, you say unpleasant and untrue things about them. [FORMAL] [V n] We maligned him dreadfully when you come to think of it. We assumed the very worst about him... [V n]… …   English dictionary

• malign — 1 verb (transitive usually passive) to say or write unpleasant things about someone that are untrue: She had seen herself repeatedly maligned in the newspapers. | much maligned (=criticized by a lot of people, often unfairly): a much maligned and …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• malign — I UK [məˈlaɪn] / US verb [transitive] Word forms malign : present tense I/you/we/they malign he/she/it maligns present participle maligning past tense maligned past participle maligned to say unpleasant things about someone or something, usually… …   English dictionary

• malign — 1. adjective a malign influence Syn: harmful, evil, bad, baleful, hostile, inimical, destructive, malignant, injurious; literary malefic, maleficent Ant: beneficial 2. verb he maligned an innocent man Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

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• malign — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English maligne, from Anglo French, from Latin malignus, from male badly + gignere to beget more at mal , kin Date: 14th century 1. a. evil in nature, influence, or effect ; injurious < the malign effects of illicit …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• malign — ma|lign1 [ mə laın ] verb transitive to say unpleasant things about someone, usually unfairly: the much maligned coach of the San Diego Chargers malign ma|lign 2 [ mə laın ] adjective LITERARY causing harm: a malign influence/effect …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ma|lign´ly — ma|lign «muh LYN», verb, adjective. –v.t. to speak evil of; slander: »You malign a generous person when you call him stingy. Have I not taken your part when you were maligned? (Thackeray). ╂[< Old French malignier < Late Latin malignāre… …   Useful english dictionary

• ma|lign´er — ma|lign «muh LYN», verb, adjective. –v.t. to speak evil of; slander: »You malign a generous person when you call him stingy. Have I not taken your part when you were maligned? (Thackeray). ╂[< Old French malignier < Late Latin malignāre… …   Useful english dictionary