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maligned |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Malign \Ma*lign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Maligned}; p. pr & vb n. {Maligning}.] [Cf. L. malignare See {Malign}, a.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: maligned adj : assailed with contemptuous language [syn: {reviled}]
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