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Synonyms for malign
məˈlaɪnma·lign
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
malign
Abuse covers all unreasonable or improper use or treatment by word or act. A tenant does not abuse rented property by "reasonable wear," though that may damage the property and injure its sale; he may abuse it by needless defacement or neglect. It is possible to abuse a man without harming him, as when the criminal vituperates the judge; or to harm a man without abusing him, as when the witness tells the truth about the criminal. Defame, malign, rail at, revile, slander, vilify, and vituperate are used always in a bad sense. One may be justly reproached. To impose on or to victimize one is to injure him by abusing his confidence. To persecute one is to ill-treat him for opinion's sake, commonly for religious belief; to oppress is generally for political or pecuniary motives. "Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy," Deut. xxiv, 14. Misemploy, misuse, and pervert are commonly applied to objects rather than to persons. A dissolute youth misemploys his time, misuses his money and opportunities, harms his associates, perverts his talents, wrongs his parents, ruins himself, abuses every good gift of God.
Synonyms:
abuse, aggrieve, damage, defame, defile, disparage, harm, ill-treat, ill-use, impose on, impose upon, injure, maltreat, misemploy, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, pervert, prostitute, rail at, ravish, reproach, revile, ruin, slander, victimize, vilify, violate, vituperate, wrongAntonyms:
applaud, benefit, care for, cherish, conserve, consider, eulogize, extol, favor, laud, panegyrize, praise, protect, regard, respect, shield, sustain, tend, uphold, vindicate
Princeton's WordNet
malignadjective
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"
Synonyms:
malevolent, evil, maleficAntonyms:
benign, beneficent, benignant, kindlymalefic, malevolent, malign, evilverb
having or exerting a malignant influence
"malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"
Synonyms:
evil, malefic, malevolent, viciousAntonyms:
beneficent, benign, benignant, kindlybadmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mudverb
speak unfavorably about
"She badmouths her husband everywhere"
Synonyms:
drag through the mud, traduce, badmouthAntonyms:
beneficent, benign, kindly, benignant
Dictionary of English Synonymes
malignadjective
Synonyms:
malicious, malevolent, malignant, ill-disposedmalignadjective
Synonyms:
injurious, pernicious, unfavorable, baneful, very badmalignverb
Synonyms:
revile, slander, abuse, calumniate, asperse, defame, blacken, traduce, scandalize, disparage, vilify
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1673 | wrong | |
#2225 | abuse | |
#2266 | damage | |
#3009 | evil | |
#6159 | harm | |
#12746 | violate | |
#14038 | misuse | |
#14164 | ruin | |
#15592 | malignant | |
#15992 | vicious | |
#28024 | prostitute | |
#33274 | slander | |
#34306 | injure | |
#34734 | pervert | |
#36900 | discredit | |
#42903 | reproach | |
#48310 | malevolent | |
#48711 | pernicious | |
#65039 | persecute | |
#66795 | oppress | |
#72172 | malign | |
#73765 | defame | |
#78097 | defile | |
#84156 | disparage | |
#85386 | molest | |
#141077 | vilify | |
#148587 | revile | |
#151654 | ravish | |
#164852 | victimize | |
#221369 | malefic | |
#244187 | badmouth | |
#288415 | traduce | |
#317019 | maltreat |
How to use malign in a sentence?
The president has held the door open to real negotiations to completely and verifiably eliminate Iran's nuclear weapons program, its pursuit of ballistic missile delivery systems, its support for international terrorism and other malign behavior worldwide, all that Iran needs to do is to walk through that open door.
Our concern is with the malign actions of the Chinese Communist Party and specific individuals, not with the Chinese people, the graduate students and researchers who are targeted, co-opted, and exploited by the PRC government for its military gain represent a small subset of Chinese student and researcher visa applicants coming to the United States.
This president and his national security team, Secretary (of State Mike) Pompeo our nations chief diplomat keep many options on the table, particularly when it comes to retaliating against malign behavior, and protecting American interests and Americans and our American economy.
Russia attempted to interfere in the last election and continues to engage in malign operations to this very day, our democracy itself is in the crosshairs.
We must restore the longstanding nonproliferation standard of no enrichment for Iran, the United States and United States allies will never allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Maximum pressure on The Iranian regime will continue until its leaders alter their course of action. The Iranian regime must end The Iranian regime nuclear ambitions and The Iranian regime malign behavior.
Translations for malign
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- مؤذArabic
- pomlouvatCzech
- malignDanish
- böse, unheilvoll, übelwollendGerman
- κακόβουλοςGreek
- malignoEsperanto
- malignoSpanish
- بدخیمPersian
- pahanlaatuinen, paha, pahantahtoinenFinnish
- calomnierFrench
- rosszindulatúHungarian
- memfitnahIndonesian
- malignoItalian
- malignumLatin
- kwaadaardigDutch
- malignNorwegian
- złośliwyPolish
- malignoPortuguese
- bârfiRomanian
- злокачественныйRussian
- habisTurkish
- hung tinhVietnamese
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