Malign

/məˈlaɪn/ · adjective

Meaning

Evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence..

Definitions by Sense

1. Evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.
2. Malevolent.
3. (oncology) Malignant.
4. (transitive) To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce.
5. (transitive, archaic) To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong.

Example Sentences

Witchcraft may be by operation of malign spirits.

It may be true that such running is exceptional rather than normal; there are still innumerable checks of one kind or another, many of them, alas, directly or indirectly the result of engine failures; and bad coal has often a malign influence.

He was sure they [the stars] were arranged in some order which had a secret and malign significance.

a malign ulcer

malign ulcers

To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling.

The obvious joy of England's players and supporters after that dramatic finale was another indicator that the Uefa Nations League, mocked and maligned at its inception, is capturing the public's imagination.

Yet, even as Democratic party leadership has decried this mass deportation plan and even as the bill maligns Democrats as victimizing Americans through its policy of “open borders,” 48 Democratic members of Congress voted for this GOP-backed bill.

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Word Forms

• more malign
• most malign
• maligns
• maligning
• maligned

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