Malign Synonyms & Definitions

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• MalignDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse.
2. (a.) Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets.
3. (v. i.) To entertain malice.
4. (a.) Malignant; as, a malign ulcer.
5. (a.) Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.
6. (a.) To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure.

• MalignantDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A man of extrems enmity or evil intentions.
2. (a.) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria.
3. (a.) Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious.
4. (a.) Characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious.
5. (n.) One of the adherents of Charles L. or Charles LL.; -- so called by the opposite party.