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verb (used with object)
1.
to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
adjective
2.
evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious: The gloomy house had a malign influence upon her usually good mood.
3.
having or showing an evil disposition; malevolent; malicious.
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Maligned
is always a great word to know.
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Example Sentences
- Economists have been much maligned recently for our failure to agree on how to get the economy moving again.
- Yes, the much maligned hedge funds were doing their job and being the boys who saw the emperor had no clothes.
- Sensible sun exposure should be encouraged, not maligned.
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Word Origin & History
malign
"to slander," 1640s, from earlier more literal sense of "to plot, to contrive" (early 15c.), from O.Fr. malignier, from L. malignare "to do maliciously," from malignus (see malign (adj.)). Related: Maligned; maligning.
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