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Meanings of malign in English

Catalan
difamar

Speak unfavorably about.

        difamar
        Portuguese
        maligno
        Catalan
        maligne

        Evil or harmful in nature or influence.

              Related terms
              maligno
              Antonyms
              Examples for "benign"
              Examples for "benign"
              1
              However, less benign weather conditions might impact on the group in 2013.
              The Irish Times
              2
              The way forward is benign energy forms: wind, waves, solar and biomass.
              The Guardian
              3
              The United States has so far taken a benign view of Abenomics.
              Reuters
              4
              However, we are also increasingly at risk from more benign seeming sources.
              The South African
              5
              Ten cases had a benign behaviour, while two cases were locally aggressive.
              Pubmed

              Having or exerting a malignant influence.

                    Usage of malign in English
                    1
                    It has long been crystal clear that Iran is a malign actor.
                    The Guardian
                    2
                    The word manipulation suggests a malign process that is not entirely honest.
                    The Irish Times
                    3
                    I do not know if Tequamuck truly thought my father so malign.
                    Caleb's crossing
                    4
                    You have called, as I understand, to malign my fiancé, Baron Gruner.
                    Sherlock Holmes: The complete canon
                    5
                    But some malign fate always sat upon my ambitions in this regard.
                    Marse Henry (Volume 1) / An Autobiography
                    6
                    And the malign influence of illegal drugs feeds into that dangerous mix.
                    The Irish Times
                    7
                    This servants' stairway may have had more resonance for such malign spirits.
                    Drood: a novel
                    8
                    The world did not hesitate to malign this holiest act of fidelity.
                    The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2
                    9
                    That signified a malign interest-notthe mere gratification of an indolent curiosity.
                    The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst o...
                    10
                    Thence it was transmitted, as a malign heritage, to the Christian church.
                    The Makers and Teachers of Judaism / From the Fall of Jerusalem ...
                    11
                    The Comanche really are a force of malign destruction in The Searchers.
                    The Irish Times
                    12
                    She smiled the arch, naughty, pleasantly-malign smile of a terribly experienced dowager.
                    Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)
                    13
                    There seemed a vast, malign determination behind the movement, that must succeed.
                    Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
                    14
                    The script was male-defined, and its subtext malign envy and lecherous resentment.
                    The Guardian
                    15
                    De Pean watched with malign satisfaction the progress of Le Gardeur's intoxication.
                    The Golden Dog
                    16
                    As the day advanced, signs of war's malign effects began to appear.
                    Hurricane Hurry
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                    Translations for malign
                    Portuguese
                    malignocaluníe
                    Malign through the time
                    Malign across language varieties
                    Ireland
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common