Adjective: malign mu'lIn
- Evil or harmful in nature or influence
"gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion"; "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"
- Having or exerting a malignant influence
"a malign force";
- malefic, malevolent, evil
- Speak unfavourably about
"She maligns her husband everywhere";
- badmouth [informal], traduce, drag through the mud
Derived forms: maligning, maligns, maligned
See also: cancerous, harmful, maleficent, malignance, malignancy, malignity, unkind
Type of: asperse, besmirch, calumniate [formal], defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully
Antonym: benign
Encyclopedia: Malign