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Synonyms of malign in English:

malign


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verb

1‘he accused them of maligning an innocent man’

SYNONYMS
defame, slander, libel, blacken someone's character, blacken someone's name, smear, run a smear campaign against, vilify, speak ill of, spread lies about, accuse falsely, cast aspersions on, run down, misrepresent, calumniate, traduce, denigrate, disparage, slur, derogate, abuse, revile
informal bad-mouth, knock, drag through the mire, drag through the mud, fling mud at, sling mud at, throw mud at, do a hatchet job on
British informal rubbish, slag off
rare asperse, vilipend
ANTONYMS

praise


adjective

1‘a malign influence’

SYNONYMS
harmful, evil, bad, baleful, hostile, inimical, destructive, malevolent, evil-intentioned, malignant, injurious, spiteful, malicious, vicious
literary malefic, maleficent
ANTONYMS

beneficial