MALIGN

I. adjective see: mal- Date: 14th century 1. evil in nature, influence, or effect ; injurious , ~ant , virulent , having or showing intense often vicious ill will ; malevolent , 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: see: ~