malign
verb/məˈlaɪn/
/məˈlaɪn/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they malign | /məˈlaɪn/ /məˈlaɪn/ |
| he / she / it maligns | /məˈlaɪnz/ /məˈlaɪnz/ |
| past simple maligned | /məˈlaɪnd/ /məˈlaɪnd/ |
| past participle maligned | /məˈlaɪnd/ /məˈlaɪnd/ |
| -ing form maligning | /məˈlaɪnɪŋ/ /məˈlaɪnɪŋ/ |
- malign somebody/something to say bad things about somebody/something publicly synonym slander
- She feels she has been much maligned by the press.
- Those who malign him in this way are simply being dishonest.
More Like This Silent lettersSilent lettersWord OriginMiddle English: via Old French maligne (adjective), malignier (verb), based on Latin malignus ‘tending to evil’, from malus ‘bad’.
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