ADJECTIVE | all | malign | evil or harmful in nature or influence |
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all | malign, malefic, malevolent, evil | having or exerting a malignant influence | |
VERB | communication | malign, badmouth, traduce, drag through the mud | speak unfavorably about |
Sounds | mahlay'n | |
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Rhymes | affine ... wine: 145 rhymes with ayn... |
Meaning | Evil or harmful in nature or influence. | |
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Examples |
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Attribute of | malignity, malignancy, malignance | Quality of being disposed to evil |
Narrower | cancerous | like a cancer |
See also | harmful | Causing or capable of causing harm |
maleficent | harmful or evil in intent or effect | |
unkind | lacking kindness | |
Opposite | benign, benignant | Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence |
Spanish | maligno | |
Catalan | maligne |
Meaning | Having or exerting a malignant influence. | |
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Synonyms | malefic, malevolent, evil | |
Broader | maleficent | harmful or evil in intent or effect |
Spanish | maléfico, malévolo, maligno, malvado | |
Catalan | malèfic, malèvol, maligne, malvat | |
Nouns | malignity | quality of being disposed to evil |
Adverbs | malignly | in a malign and evil manner |
Meaning | speak unfavorably about. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | badmouth, traduce, drag through the mud | |
Broader | defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch | Charge falsely / falsely or with malicious intent |
Spanish | calumniar, difamar | |
Catalan | difamar | |
Nouns | maligner | one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel |
malignment | slanderous defamation |
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