Found 3 items, similar to Maligning.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: malign
memfitnah
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: malign
malign
adj 1: 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” [ant:
benign]
2: having or exerting a malignant influence;
“malevolent
stars”;
“a malefic force” [syn:
malefic,
malevolent,
evil]
malign
v : speak unfavorably about;
“She badmouthes her husband
everywhere” [syn:
badmouth,
traduce,
drag through the mud
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Maligning
Malign
\Ma*lign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Maligned; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Maligning.] [Cf. L. malignare. See
Malign, a.]
To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to
wrong; to injure. [Obs.]
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The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they
will against private men, whom they malign by stealing
their goods, or murdering them. --Spenser.
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2. To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander;
to vilify; to asperse.
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To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing,
and to be despised falling. --South.
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