malign

Adjective
  1. Evil or harmful in nature or influence (synset 300228595)
    "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion"
    also:
    • maleficent - harmful or evil in intent or effect
    • harmful - causing or capable of causing harm
    • unkind - lacking kindness
    attribute: malignance, malignancy, malignity - quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
    similar: cancerous - like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads
  2. Having or exerting a malignant influence (synset 300226107)
    "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"
    similar: maleficent - harmful or evil in intent or effect
    synonym: evil, malefic, malevolent
Verb
  1. Speak unfavorably about (synset 200849849)
    "She badmouths her husband everywhere"
    hypernym: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
    synonym: badmouth, drag through the mud, traduce

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