- pronunciation:
- m
laIn
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
maligns, maligning, maligned |
| definition: |
to speak badly of or tell harmful lies about.
Some students maligned the speaker because they didn't like his ideas.- synonyms:
- slander, smear
- antonyms:
- compliment, praise
- similar words:
- abuse, blacken, run down, soil, tarnish
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| related words: |
accuse, affront |
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| derivations: |
malignly (adv.), maligner (n.) |
The word malign
contains the following part:
mal, male
Latin
root
that means
bad, evil, ill
Example words:
- antonyms:
- ben, bene, bon