malign

a.	1.	Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; - opposed to benign. Witchcraft may be by operation of malign spirits. - Bacon.
	2.	Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets.
	3.	Malignant; as, a malign ulcer.
v. t.	1.	To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure. [imp. & p. p. Maligned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Maligning.] The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them. - Spenser.
	2.	To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse. To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling. - South.
v. i.	1.	To entertain malice.

Verb	1.	malign - speak unfavorably about; "She badmouthes her husband everywhere" Synonyms: badmouth, drag through the mud, traduce
Adj.	1.	malign - evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion" Antonyms: benignant, benign - pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; "a benign smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air"
	2.	malign - having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force" Synonyms: malefic, malevolent, evil

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