ma
lign
Third Person
maligns
Present Participle
maligning
Past Tense
maligned
Past Participle
maligned
1
to say bad and untrue things about someone, typically to damage their reputation
transitive
- They believed he had maligned them to advance his own career.
- The opposition group is actively maligning the government during election season.
- Critics maligned the singer's outgoing personality after several scandals.
- Tabloid journalists routinely malign celebrities to sell more papers.
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