Word Definition

Malign

  1. To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse.
  2. To entertain malice.
  3. To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure.
  4. Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets.
  5. Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.
  6. Malignant; as, a malign ulcer.