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maligned

maligned adjective: assailed with contemptuous language. Also the simple past and past participle of malign.

Adjective

maligned (comparative more maligned, superlative most maligned)

  1. Assailed with contemptuous language

Also used as

maligned is also the simple past and past participle of malign.

Forms of maligned

comparativemore maligned
superlativemost maligned

Words formed from maligned

Questions about maligned

What does maligned mean?
Maligned means assailed with contemptuous language.
What part of speech is maligned?
Maligned is an adjective.

Words near maligned in the dictionary

  1. malignantly
  2. malignants
  3. malignation
  4. malignations
  5. maligne
  6. maligned
  7. maligner
  8. maligners
  9. malignes
  10. malignest
  11. malignified

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