vverb.communicationspeak unfavorably aboutSynset:badmouth drag through the mud traduce
Examples:- She badmouths her husband everywhere
Derivationally Related Form:malignermalignmenttraducementtraducer
Hypernyms:asperse besmirch calumniate defame denigrate slander smear smirch sully
Inherited Hypernyms:badmouthdefamecharge
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
adjadj.allevil or harmful in nature or influenceAttributes:malignance malignancy malignity
Examples:- prompted by malign motives
- believed in witches and malign spirits
- gave him a malign look
- a malign lesion
Antonyms:benign
Inherited Hypernyms:malign
Similar to:cancerous
See also:harmful maleficent unkind
adj satadj.allhaving or exerting a malignant influenceSynset:evil malefic malevolent
Examples:- malevolent stars
- a malefic force
Antonyms:beneficent
Derivationally Related Form:malevolencymalignitymalevolence
Inherited Hypernyms:malefic
Similar to:maleficent