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Definition of malign : 1. Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; - opposed to benign.
2. Malignant; as, a malign ulcer.
3. To entertain malice.
4. To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse.
5. To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure.
6. Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets.

Synonyms:

ruin, ravish, nasty, warn, injure, reproach, malevolent, vicious, prostitute, revile, damage, mean, vituperate, crimes, wicked, venomous, despiteful, maleficent, wrong, abuse, baleful, pervert, spiteful, backbite, defile, attitude, harm, drag through the mud, cast aspersions on, malicious, persecute, black, bitchy, rail at, victimize, asperse, misuse, malefic, evil, attack, law, aggrieve, ill-treat, poisonous, violate, misemploy, slur, injurious, harmful, maltreat, molest, hateful, sinister, impose on _or_ oppress, malignant, tear down, cancerous, upon, ill-use

accuse (part of speech: verb)

curse, censure, misrepresent, insult

abase (part of speech: verb)

embarrass, disgrace, mock, shame, degrade, dishonor, defame, abase

detract (part of speech: verb)

depreciate, cast aspersion, lessen, detract, disparage, diminish, decry, discount, derogate, abrade, reduce

shame (part of speech: verb)

expose, humiliate, discomfit, debunk, ostracize, show up, ridicule

slander (part of speech: verb)

denounce, calumniate, sully, smear, slander, besmear, libel, badmouth, denigrate, discredit, traduce, scandalize, pillory, besmirch, vilify, stigmatize, tarnish, blacken

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