Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - malign
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Malign
malign
~1 v T usually passive to say or write unpleasant things about someone that are untrue (She had seen herself repeatedly maligned in the newspapers. | much maligned (=criticized by a lot of people, often unfairly)) (a much-maligned and controversial film) ~2 adj formal harmful (a malign influence) - malignly adv - malignity n
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1.
(maligns, maligning, maligned) 1. If you malign someone, you say unpleasant and untrue things about them. (FORMAL) We maligned him dreadfully when you come to think of it... VERB: V n 2. If something is malign, it causes harm. (FORMAL) ...the malign influence jealousy had on their lives... = harmful ? benign ADJ: ADJ n 3. see also much-maligned ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~us, from male badly + gignere to beget — more at mal-, kin Date: 14th century 1. a. evil in nature, influence, or effect ; injurious the ~ effects of illicit drugs b. ~ant, virulent 2. having or showing intense often vicious ill will ; malevolent Synonyms: see sinister • ~ly adverb II. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er to act maliciously, from Late Latin ~ari, from Latin ~us Date: 15th century to utter injuriously misleading or false reports about ; speak evil of Synonyms: ~, traduce, asperse, vilify, calumniate, defame, slander mean to injure by speaking ill of. ~ suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not always imply deliberate lying the most ~ed monarch in British history. traduce stresses the resulting ignominy and distress to the victim so traduced the governor that he was driven from office. asperse implies continued attack on a reputation often by indirect or insinuated detraction both candidates aspersed the other's motives. vilify implies attempting to destroy a reputation by open and direct abuse no criminal was more vilified in the press. calumniate imputes malice to the speaker and falsity to the assertions falsely calumniated as a traitor. defame stresses the actual loss of or injury to one's good name sued them for defaming her reputation. slander stresses the suffering of the victim town gossips slandered their good name. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
adj. & v. --adj. 1 (of a thing) injurious. 2 (of a disease) malignant. 3 malevolent. --v.tr. speak ill of; slander. Derivatives maligner n. malignity n. (pl. -ies). malignly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF malin maligne, malignier f. LL malignare contrive maliciously f. L malignus f. malus bad: cf. BENIGN ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. пагубный; вредный; дурной malign influence —- дурное (враждебное) влияние malign desire —- низменное желание 2. злобный, злостный, злой malign character —- злобный нрав, скверный характер malign forces —- злые силы 3. мед. злокачественный 4. клеветать, злословить to malign an innocent person —- оклеветать (опорочить, очернить) невинного человека ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. 1) пагубный; вредный; дурной 2) злобный, злой 3) med. злокачественный 2. v. клеветать, злословить Syn: asperse, defame, libel, slander, vilify Ant: praise ...Англо-русский словарь
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