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. White House:

   We must restore the longstanding nonproliferation standard of no enrichment for Iran, the United States and United States allies will never allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Maximum pressure on The Iranian regime will continue until its leaders alter their course of action. The Iranian regime must end The Iranian regime nuclear ambitions and The Iranian regime malign behavior.

3. Mike McCaul:

   The key to addressing Russian aggression is deterrence, this administration has done far too little to deter Russia from further invading Ukraine which is why I introduced the GUARD Act. This bill expedites significant additional lethal assistance to Ukraine and immediately sanctions Putin’s malign influence project, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

4. Steny Hoyer:

   Mr. Deripaska has been key to much of the malign activities Russia directs against the United States, and the Congress must protect the American people against foreign interference and corruption.

5. Erik Gordon:

   ?It is a hallowed campaign tradition. Malign an industry, but court its wealthy big shots.

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