The meaning of MALIGNED is spoken about in an injurious way : harshly or unfairly criticized. How to use maligned in a sentence.

MALIGNED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of malign 2. to say false and unpleasant things about someone…. Learn more.

malign, traduce, asperse, vilify, calumniate, defame, slander mean to injure by speaking ill of. malign suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not always imply deliberate lying. traduce stresses the resulting ignominy and distress to the victim.

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To make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about (someone). 1. Evil or harmful in nature or effect: "He felt that the malign influence of the house had governed his own disintegration" (Thomas Wolfe). 2. Intending or threatening harm or ill will; malevolent: "a snarling, bickering husky ... heavy-chested, with a malign eye" (Jack London).

Synonyms for MALIGNED: smeared, libeled, libelled, disgraced, vilified, humiliated, slandered, discredited; Antonyms of MALIGNED: honored, praised, exalted, glorified, respected, applauded, commended, acclaimed

MALIGN meaning: 1. causing or intending to cause harm or evil: 2. to say false and unpleasant things about…. Learn more.

MALIGNED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of malign 2. to say false and unpleasant things about someone…. Learn more.

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective maligned. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

If you malign someone, you badmouth them — just like the jilted girlfriend who tells the whole school her ex has bad breath and head lice. When you habitually malign people, you risk …