Antonyms for malign
məˈlaɪnma·lign

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1. malignverb

   Antonyms:
   benign

2. malignadjective

   evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.

   Antonyms:
   benign

3. malignadjective

   Antonyms:
   benign

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. malign

   Abuse covers all unreasonable or improper use or treatment by word or act. A tenant does not abuse rented property by "reasonable wear," though that may damage the property and injure its sale; he may abuse it by needless defacement or neglect. It is possible to abuse a man without harming him, as when the criminal vituperates the judge; or to harm a man without abusing him, as when the witness tells the truth about the criminal. Defame, malign, rail at, revile, slander, vilify, and vituperate are used always in a bad sense. One may be justly reproached. To impose on or to victimize one is to injure him by abusing his confidence. To persecute one is to ill-treat him for opinion's sake, commonly for religious belief; to oppress is generally for political or pecuniary motives. "Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy," Deut. xxiv, 14. Misemploy, misuse, and pervert are commonly applied to objects rather than to persons. A dissolute youth misemploys his time, misuses his money and opportunities, harms his associates, perverts his talents, wrongs his parents, ruins himself, abuses every good gift of God.

   Antonyms:
   applaud, benefit, care for, cherish, conserve, consider, eulogize, extol, favor, laud, panegyrize, praise, protect, regard, respect, shield, sustain, tend, uphold, vindicate

   Synonyms:
   abuse, aggrieve, damage, defame, defile, disparage, harm, ill-treat, ill-use, impose on, impose upon, injure, maltreat, misemploy, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, pervert, prostitute, rail at, ravish, reproach, revile, ruin, slander, victimize, vilify, violate, vituperate, wrong

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1. malignadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   benign, beneficent, benignant, kindly

   Synonyms:
   malevolent, evil, malefic

2. malefic, malevolent, malign, evilverb

   having or exerting a malignant influence

   "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"

   Antonyms:
   beneficent, benign, benignant, kindly

   Synonyms:
   evil, malefic, malevolent, vicious

3. badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mudverb

   speak unfavorably about

   "She badmouths her husband everywhere"

   Antonyms:
   beneficent, benign, kindly, benignant

   Synonyms:
   drag through the mud, traduce, badmouth

How to use malign in a sentence?

1. The US:

   The United States is aware of Iran's request for financing from the IMF and, as in the past, we remain opposed to funding going to Iran that could be used to foster the regime's malign and destabilizing activities, unfortunately, the Iranian central bank, which is currently under sanction, has been a key actor in financing terrorism across the region and we have no confidence that funds would be used to fight the coronavirus.

2. Jen Psaki:

   His intention was also to make clear that the United States will act firmly in defense of our national interests in response to malign actions by Russia.

3. Mike Pompeo:

   State Mike Pompeo calls on our allies and partners in government and industry around the world to join the growing tide to secure our data from the [ Chinese Communist Party's ] surveillance state and other malign entities, building a [ clean ] fortress around State Mike Pompeo citizens' data will ensure all of our nations' security.

4. Mark Esper:

   We have troops in towns in northeast Syria that are located next to the oil fields, the troops in those towns are not in the present phase of withdrawal, the purpose is to deny access, specifically revenue to ISIS (Islamic State) and any other groups that may want to seek that revenue to enable their own malign activities.

5. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Govt PSU shares have got the maximum beatings and gone down ruthlessly since Oct'21 during this stock market carnage and this clearly shows that this fall is fishy and big corporates along with govt politicians and news media are playing game plan to malign the image of PSUs to promote privatization and loot public investors money

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