malign
muh lahyn
- v speak unfavorably about
- a 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 - s having or exerting a malignant influence
- Of course, there are those whose intentions were malign but not all that influential, whose perniciousness petered out.
- It is in part because of that malign reputation--and because the nation's feckless rulers have consistently reinforced it--that the world has been willing to let Congo bleed.
- pondering by observers can stop, as attorney for explains that intention of was not "to malign Gates racially" but was merely "a characterization of the actions of that man".