| 单词 | malign |
| 释义 | malign (once / 1509 pages) vadj If you malign someone, you badmouth them — just like the jilted girlfriend who tells the whole school her ex has bad breath and head lice. When you habitually malign people, you risk being described as "a malign influence" — in this case, malign is an adjective that describes a harmful or even evil person or thing. Whichever way you use the word, its connection to wickedness can be found in its Latin root, malignus, "wicked or bad-natured," which combines male, or "badly" and -gnus, "born." WORD FAMILYmalign: maligned, maligner, maligning, malignity, malignly, malignment, maligns+/maligner: maligners/malignity: malignities USAGE EXAMPLESIn the Baltic states, cyberhacking is only one of many tactics that Russia uses for malign influence. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Private-sector talent and experience are desperately needed but maligned when recruited. Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) Some researchers say Mexico was unfairly maligned in the U.S. election. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) 1v speak unfavorably about Syn|Hyper badmouth, drag through the mud, traduce asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone 2adj evil or harmful in nature or influence prompted by malign motives believed in witches and malign spirits gave him a malign look a malign lesion Syn|Ant maleficent harmful or evil in intent or effect cancerouslike a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads harmfulcausing or capable of causing harm unkindlacking kindness benign, benignant pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence kindlypleasant and agreeable harmlessnot causing or capable of causing harm kindhaving or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior 3adj having or exerting a malignant influence Syn evil, malefic, malevolent maleficent harmful or evil in intent or effect |
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