All malign synonyms
ma·lign
M m adj malign
- malevolent — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- malignant — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
- noxious — harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- sinister — threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous: a sinister remark.
- spiteful — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
- vicious — addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life.
- wicked — evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
- despiteful — spiteful; malicious
- rancorous — full of or showing rancor.
- malefic — productive of evil; malign; doing harm; baneful: a malefic spell.
- maleficent — doing evil or harm; harmfully malicious: maleficent destroyers of reputations.
verb malign
- bad-mouth — If someone bad-mouths you, they say unpleasant things about you, especially when you are not there to defend yourself.
- run down — melted or liquefied: run butter.
- tear down — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.
- villainize — to speak ill of; disparage; vilify: to villainize the wealthy.
- slander — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- defame — If someone defames another person or thing, they say bad and untrue things about them.
- criticise — criticize
- criticize — If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
- badmouth — (informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
- libel — the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals: blood libels that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
- scandalise — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
adjective malign
- hurtful — causing hurt or injury; injurious; harmful.
- damaging — causing or capable of causing damages; harmful; injurious.
- negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- evil — Profoundly immoral and malevolent.
- aspersive — to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- injurious — harmful, hurtful, or detrimental, as in effect: injurious eating habits.