(transitive) To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce. || (transitive, archaic) To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong.
He did not set out to falsely malign anyone or advance some hidden political agenda.
There are some uncharitable souls who would doubt my motives and malign my efforts.
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1.(of a disease) very virulent or infectious.
‘Patients with severe neutropenia with fever or signs of infection and those with evidence of _malignant_ disease should be hospitalized.’
‘Biological viruses also ’ steal ’ virulence genes from other viruses and become more _malignant_ .’
2.(of a tumour) tending to invade normal tissue or to recur after removal; cancerous.
‘In addition, 4 of the 50 tumors were found to be histologically _malignant_ .’
‘To put it in plain English, chemotherapy damages normal cells as well as _malignant_ ones.’
3.Evil in nature or effect; malevolent.
‘in the hands of _malignant_ fate’
‘In the most _malignant_ cases, it leads to the rhetoric of genocide.’
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‘Patients with severe neutropenia with fever or signs of infection and those with evidence of _malignant_ disease should be hospitalized.’
