Found 3 items, similar to malign.
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: malign malign \ma*lign"\, a. [L. malignus, for maligenus, i. e., of a bad kind or nature; malus bad + the root of genus birth, race, kind: cf. F. malin, masc., maligne, fem. See Malice, Gender, and cf. Benign, Malignant.] 1. Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign. [1913 Webster] Witchcraft may be by operation of malign spirits. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets. [1913 Webster] 3. Malignant; as, a malign ulcer. [R.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]