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Meaning of malign

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  malign
      adj 1: 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"
             [ant: {benign}, {benignant}]
      2: having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars";
         "a malefic force" [syn: {malefic}, {malevolent}, {malign},
         {evil}]
      v 1: speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband
           everywhere" [syn: {badmouth}, {malign}, {traduce}, {drag
           through the mud}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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