malign — Defs

01 a. Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.

1.
Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.
“Witchcraft may be by operation of malign spirits.” — Bacon.
2.
Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets.
3.
Malignant; as, a malign ulcer.[R.]

02 v. t. To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure.

imp. & p. p. Maligned; p. pr. & vb. n. Maligning

1.
To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure.[Obs.]
“The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them.” — Spenser.
2.
To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse.
“To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling.” — South.

03 v. i. To entertain malice.