malign

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 mə-līn'

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce. transitive
    — To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling.
  2. To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong. archaic,transitive
    — The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them.
形容词 adj.
  1. Evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.
    — Witchcraft may be by operation of malign spirits.
  2. Malevolent.
    — He was sure they [the stars] were arranged in some order which had a secret and malign significance.
  3. Malignant.
    — a malign ulcer

词形变化

more malign comparative most malign superlative maligns present,singular,third-person maligning participle,present maligned participle,past maligned past

词汇关系

反义词
benign
衍生词
malignancy maligner malignify malignly malignment unmalign
相关词
malignant

词源

词源 1
From Middle English maligne, from Old French maligne, from Latin malignus, from malus (“bad”) + genus (“sort, kind”). Compare benign.
词源 2
From Middle English maligne, from Old French maligne, from Latin malignus, from malus (“bad”) + genus (“sort, kind”). Compare benign.
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