Malign

GRE 蓝宝 Barron

[编辑] 解释

I. adjective

Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~us, from male badly + gignere to beget — more at mal-, kin
Date: 14th century
1.
- a. evil in nature, influence, or effect ; injurious zuoxiethe ~ effects of illicit drugsyouxie
- b. ~ant, virulent
2. having or showing intense often vicious ill will ; malevolent
Synonyms: see sinister
? ~ly adverb

II. transitive verb

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er to act maliciously, from Late Latin ~ari, from Latin ~us
Date: 15th century
to utter injuriously misleading or false reports about ; speak evil of
Synonyms:
- ~, traduce, asperse, vilify, calumniate, defame, slander mean to injure by speaking ill of. ~ suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not always imply deliberate lying zuoxiethe most ~ed monarch in British historyyouxie. traduce stresses the resulting ignominy and distress to the victim zuoxieso traduced the governor that he was driven from officeyouxie. asperse implies continued attack on a reputation often by indirect or insinuated detraction zuoxieboth candidates aspersed the other's motivesyouxie. vilify implies attempting to destroy a reputation by open and direct abuse zuoxieno criminal was more vilified in the pressyouxie. calumniate imputes malice to the speaker and falsity to the assertions zuoxiefalsely calumniated as a traitoryouxie. defame stresses the actual loss of or injury to one's good name zuoxiesued them for defaming her reputationyouxie. slander stresses the suffering of the victim zuoxietown gossips slandered their good nameyouxie.