Malign: alternatives and connections

Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.

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Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.

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To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.

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To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully.

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To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel.

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To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calum…

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To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.

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A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemina…

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To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.

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To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully.

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To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation.

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The quality or state of being malevolent; evil disposition toward another; inclination to injure others; ill will. See Synonym of Malice.

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The quality or state of being malevolent; evil disposition toward another; inclination to injure others; ill will. See Synonym of Malice.

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Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous.

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Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous.

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Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.

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Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.

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Having no race or kindred; childless.

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Having no race or kindred; childless.

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Alt. of Malignancy

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Alt. of Malignancy

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The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.

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The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.

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The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.

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The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.

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Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious…

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Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful.

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Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another's misfortune.

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To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce mental qualities to one's descendants.

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Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.

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Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.

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