Definition of Maligned. Meaning of Maligned. Synonyms of Maligned

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Maligned. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Maligned and, of course, Maligned synonyms and on the right images related to the word Maligned.

Definition of Maligned

Maligned
Malign Ma*lign", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maligned; p. pr. & vb. n. Maligning.] [Cf. L. malignare. See Malign, a.] To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure. [Obs.] The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them. --Spenser. 2. To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse. To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling. --South.
Malign
Malign Ma*lign", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maligned; p. pr. & vb. n. Maligning.] [Cf. L. malignare. See Malign, a.] To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure. [Obs.] The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them. --Spenser. 2. To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse. To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling. --South.
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. Witchcraft may be by operation of malign spirits. --Bacon. 2. Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets. 3. Malignant; as, a malign ulcer. [R.] --Bacon.
Malign
Malign Ma*lign", v. i. To entertain malice. [Obs.]

Meaning of Maligned from wikipedia

- Malign may refer to Malign, a word meaning ‘hostile’, ‘evil’ or ‘ill-wishing’ Malignant, a medical term describing a progressively worsening condition...
- Malignancy (from Latin male 'badly', and -gnus 'born') is the tendency of a medical condition to become progressively worse; the term is most familiar...
- Malign Neglect: Race, Crime, and Punishment in America is a book about race in the United States criminal justice system by Michael Tonry, a criminologist...
- Malign is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1994. Malign was founded by Nord and Mörk, and released an untitled demo in 1995, followed...
- Cascades-Malignes is an unorganized territory in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, one of five unorganized territories in the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau...
- Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a type of severe reaction that occurs in response to particular medications used during general anesthesia, among those...
- Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer; it develops from the melanin-producing cells known as melanocytes. It typically occurs in the skin...
- Bebearia maledicta, the maligned forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, western...
- appeared in a small number of feature films, including the critically maligned 1988 cult film Mac and Me. His acting debut was on Broadway as Michael...
- Clippit creator Kevan Atteberry discussing his much-maligned character at ROFLCon II...