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Adjective
/məˈlīn/,
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Evil in nature or effect; malevolent,
  1. Evil in nature or effect; malevolent
    • - she had a strong and malign influence
  2. (of a disease) Malignant

Verb
  1. Speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner
    • - don't you dare malign her in my presence
  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. badmouth: speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband everywhere"
  3. malefic: having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"
  4. (malignment) smear: slanderous defamation
  5. (Maligns) Malignancy (from the Latin roots mal- = "bad" and -ignis = "fire") is the tendency of a medical condition, especially tumors, to become progressively worse and to potentially result in death. It is characterized by the properties of anaplasia, invasiveness, and metastasis.Wilkins, E. ...
  6. To make defamatory statements about someone or something; evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence; malevolent
  7. (maligned) Assailed with contemptuous language
  8. of an evil nature or character
  9. d. Of the nature of causes
  10. speak ill of somebody