Malign — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

speak unfavorably about

evil or harmful in nature or influence

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/məlˈaɪn/

🇬🇧British English

/məlˈaɪn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/məlˈaɪn/

2 syllables Say it as /məlˈaɪn/.

Examples

She badmouths her husband everywhere
prompted by malign motives
believed in witches and malign spirits

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

malevolent drag through the mud badmouth traduce evil malefic

Antonyms

benign

Parts of Speech

verb	speak unfavorably about “She badmouths her husband everywhere”
adjective	evil or harmful in nature or influence “prompted by malign motives”
adjective	having or exerting a malignant influence “malevolent stars”

Word Forms

malignment	noun	slanderous defamation
maligner	noun	one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
traducement	noun	a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
traducer	noun	one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
malevolency	noun	the quality of threatening evil
malevolence	noun	the quality of threatening evil
malignity	noun	quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verleumden

ungünstig darüber sprechen

🇫🇷French

calomnier

parler défavorablement de

🇪🇸Spanish

maligno

hablar desfavorablemente sobre

🇮🇹Italian

maligno

parlarne sfavorevolmente

🇳🇱Dutch

kwaadaardig

ongunstig over spreken

🇵🇹Portuguese

maligno

falar desfavoravelmente sobre

🇷🇺Russian

злобный

говорить негативно о

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दुष्ट

के बारे में प्रतिकूल बात करना

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্ষতিকর

সম্পর্কে খারাপ কথা বলুন

🇮🇳Tamil

தீங்கான

பற்றி சாதகமாக பேச

🇮🇳Telugu

హానికరం

గురించి అననుకూలంగా మాట్లాడతారు

🇮🇳Marathi

अपायकारक

बद्दल प्रतिकूल बोला

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખરાબ

વિશે પ્રતિકૂળ બોલો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೆಡುಕು

ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಪ್ರತಿಕೂಲವಾಗಿ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദോഷകരമായ

കുറിച്ച് പ്രതികൂലമായി സംസാരിക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਦਨਾਮ

ਬਾਰੇ ਗਲਤ ਬੋਲੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

بدنام کرنا

کے بارے میں ناپسندیدہ بات کریں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

诽谤

说坏话

🇯🇵Japanese

悪意のある

～について不利な言い方をする

🇰🇷Korean

유해한

에 대해 불리하게 말하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hung tinh

nói không tốt về

🇹🇭Thai

ร้ายกาจ

พูดไม่ดีเกี่ยวกับ

🇮🇩Indonesian

memfitnah

berbicara buruk tentangnya

🇵🇭Filipino

maligno

magsalita ng masama tungkol sa

🇲🇾Malay

jahat

bercakap tidak baik tentang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خبيث

التحدث بشكل سلبي عن

🇮🇷Persian

بدخیم

صحبت نامطلوب در مورد

🇹🇷Turkish

kötü niyetli

hakkında olumsuz konuşmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהַשְׁמִיץ

לדבר בצורה לא חיובית על

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The primary meaning of 'malign' is 'speak unfavorably about'.

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