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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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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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