malign
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
speak unfavorably about
She badmouths her husband everywhere
Types & categories
- slander hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
evil or harmful in nature or influence
prompted by malign motives
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
having or exerting a malignant influence
malevolent stars
Related & opposite
- malevolency derivation
- malignity derivation
- maleficent similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | calumny |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | smear |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | defamer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | slander |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | maleficent |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | harmful |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | unkind |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | benignant |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | malignity |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | cancerous |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | malevolency |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | malignity |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | maleficent |