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malalign

malalign is the misconstruction of malign.

Meaning of malign

Verb

malign (third-person singular simple present maligns, present participle maligning, simple past and past participle maligned)

  1. (transitive) To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce.
    • To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
  2. (archaic, transitive) To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong.
    • The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them.1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […]...
    Synonyms:
    hate on, spite

See all 5 meanings of malign

Forms of malalign

third-person singular presentmalaligns
present participlemalaligning
past participlemalaligned
pastmalaligned

Origin of malalign

Back-formation from malaligned.

Words that rhyme with malalign

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Questions about malalign

What is malalign the misconstruction of?
Malalign is the misconstruction of malign.

Words near malalign in the dictionary

  1. malakoplakic
  2. Malaks
  3. Malakula
  4. Malakyan
  5. Malalag
  6. malalign
  7. malaligned
  8. malalignment
  9. malalignments
  10. Malam
  11. malambo

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