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1. Evil or harmful in nature or influence
   "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion"
    
2. Having or exerting a malignant influence
   "a malign force"
   - malefic, malevolent, evil

1. Speak unfavorably about
   "She maligns her husband everywhere"
   - badmouth, traduce, drag through the mud

Derived forms: maligning, maligned, maligns

See also: cancerous, harmful, maleficent, malignance, malignancy, maligner, malignity, malignly, malignment, unkind

Type of: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully

Antonym: benign

Encyclopedia: Malign