malign influence

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• malign — [mə līn′] vt. [ME malignen < OFr malignier, to plot, deceive < LL malignare < LL malignus, wicked, malicious < male, ill (see MAL ) + base of genus, born: see GENUS] to speak evil of; defame; slander; traduce adj. 1. showing ill will; …   English World dictionary

• 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. 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

• 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 — maligner, n. malignly, adv. /meuh luyn /, v.t. 1. to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man. adj. 2. evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious: The gloomy house had a malign influence upon… …   Universalium

• malign — ma|lign1 [məˈlaın] v [T usually passive] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: malignier to do evil, deceive , from Late Latin malignari, from Latin malignus; MALIGN2] to say unpleasant things about someone that are untrue = ↑slander ▪ She had… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• 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

• 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

• influence — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 effect sb/sth has; power to control sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, enormous, great, marked, significant, substantial, tremendous ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• 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

• malign — 1. adjective /məˈlaɪn/ a) evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence. He was sure they [the stars] were arranged in some order which had a secret and malign significance. b) …   Wiktionary