Synonyms for malign
məˈlaɪnma·lign

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1. malignverb

   Antonyms:
   benign

2. malignadjective

   evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.

   Antonyms:
   benign

3. malignadjective

   Antonyms:
   benign

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1. 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, wrong

   Antonyms:
   applaud, benefit, care for, cherish, conserve, consider, eulogize, extol, favor, laud, panegyrize, praise, protect, regard, respect, shield, sustain, tend, uphold, vindicate

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1. 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, malefic

   Antonyms:
   benign, beneficent, benignant, kindly

2. malefic, malevolent, malign, evilverb

   having or exerting a malignant influence

   "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"

   Synonyms:
   evil, malefic, malevolent, vicious

   Antonyms:
   beneficent, benign, benignant, kindly

3. badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mudverb

   speak unfavorably about

   "She badmouths her husband everywhere"

   Synonyms:
   drag through the mud, traduce, badmouth

   Antonyms:
   beneficent, benign, kindly, benignant

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1. malignadjective

   Synonyms:
   malicious, malevolent, malignant, ill-disposed

2. malignadjective

   Synonyms:
   injurious, pernicious, unfavorable, baneful, very bad

3. malignverb

   Synonyms:
   revile, slander, abuse, calumniate, asperse, defame, blacken, traduce, scandalize, disparage, vilify

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1. List of paraphrases for "malign":

   malignant, discredit, defame, slander, pernicious, evil

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1. Martin Dempsey:

   My recommendation was to keep pressure on Iran on the other malign activities for as long as possible, i will say that I think time works for us as well as Iran ... and so with the agreement made and having the opportunity to give my advice, I support it.

2. Mick Mulroy:

   The State Department's 'maximum pressure' campaign has not pressured Iran toward diplomacy and a new agreement. It has pressured them toward an increase in malign activity in the region and toward the development of a nuclear weapon, said Mick Mulroy, Trump's former top Pentagon official for the Middle East and a retired CIA officer who's now an ABC News contributor.

3. Iran Dempsey:

   There's every reason to believe that the majority of it will be used to fix their economy that suffered under the sanctions, but I also am alert to the possibility that some if it could be used to support the other malign activities.

4. Peter Moskos:

   Once he is a prisoner he is absolutely your responsibility, even if there was no malign intent, even if there was no assault, he's your prisoner. He goes into the wagon alive, he can't come out dead.

5. Lakshheish M Patel:

   NALCO share has come down from Rs.130 to Rs.67 in just 45 days i.e around 50%fall. Is it not an attempt by corporate biggies to malign its image so that it can be privatized. It is a huge cash rich and big profit making company . Some bad elements are involved in pulling down its price so it can be purchased by private org at the lowest price.