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Definition of malign adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

malign

adjective
 
/məˈlaɪn/
 
/məˈlaɪn/
[usually before noun] (formal)
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  1. causing harm
    • a malign force/influence/effect
    compare benign
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMalign is used with these nouns:
    • influence
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    Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French maligne (adjective), malignier (verb), based on Latin malignus ‘tending to evil’, from malus ‘bad’.
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