malefic, malevolent, malign, evil
(adjective) having or exerting a malignant influence; “malevolent stars”; “a malefic force”
malign
(adjective) 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”
badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud
(verb) speak unfavorably about; “She badmouths her husband everywhere”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
malign (comparative more malign, superlative most malign)
Evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.
Malevolent.
(oncology) Malignant.
• benign
malign (third-person singular simple present maligns, present participle maligning, simple past and past participle maligned)
(transitive) To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce.
(transitive, archaic) To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong.
• See also defame
• Gilman, laming, lingam
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*lign", a. Etym: [L. malignus, for maligenus, i. e., of a bad kind or nature; malus bad + the root of genus birth, race, kind: cf. F. malin, masc., maligne, fem. See Malice, Gender, and cf. Benign, Malignant.]
1. Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign. Witchcraft may be by operation of malign spirits. Bacon.
2. Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets.
3. Malignant; as, a malign ulcer. [R.] Bacon.
Ma*lign", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maligned; p. pr. & vb. n. Maligning.] Etym: [Cf. L. malignare. See Malign, a.]
Definition: To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure. [Obs.] The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them. Spenser.
2. To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse. To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling. South.
Ma*lign", v. i.
Definition: To entertain malice. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
