1. прилагательное 1) а) пагубный; вредный; дурной Синоним(ы): injurious б) опасный, страшный Синоним(ы): virulent Синоним(ы): sinister 2) злобный, злой, недобрый, недоброжелательный, злостный Синоним(ы): spiteful, malicious, malevolent 3) [медицина] злокачественный 2. глагол злословить, клеветать, порочить репутацию, оговаривать Синоним(ы): asperse, defame, libel, slander, vilify, calumniate, talk scandal, traduce Антоним(ы): praise
I. adjective Etymology: Middle English maligne, from Anglo-French, from Latin malignus, from male badly + gignere to beget — more at mal-, kin 1. a. evil in nature, influence, or effect; injurious Example: the malign effects of illicit drugs b. malignant, virulent 2. having or showing intense often vicious ill will; malevolent Synonyms: see sinister • malignly adverb II. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French maligner to act maliciously, from Late Latin malignari, from Latin malignus to utter injuriously misleading or false reports about; speak evil of Synonyms: malign, traduce, asperse, vilify, calumniate, defame, slander mean to injure by speaking ill of. malign suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not always imply deliberate lying Example: the most maligned monarch in British history. traduce stresses the resulting ignominy and distress to the victim Example: so traduced the governor that he was driven from office. asperse implies continued attack on a reputation often by indirect or insinuated detraction Example: both candidates aspersed the other's motives. vilify implies attempting to destroy a reputation by open and direct abuse Example: no criminal was more vilified in the press. calumniate imputes malice to the speaker and falsity to the assertions Example: falsely calumniated as a traitor. defame stresses the actual loss of or injury to one's good name Example: sued them for defaming her reputation. slander stresses the suffering of the victim Example: town gossips slandered their good name.