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   Ma·lign

   /məˈlīn/

   

   adjective

   • 1. evil in nature or effect; malevolent: "she had a strong and malign influence"
   • ▪ (of a disease) malignant.

   verb

   • 1. speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner: "don't you dare malign her in my presence"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French maligne (adjective), malignier (verb), based on Latin malignus ‘tending to evil’, from malus ‘bad’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. maligner noun
   • 2. malignity noun
   • 3. malignly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • G

     2

   • N

     1

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