'Maligned' definitions:
Definition of 'Maligned'
From: GCIDE
- Malign \Ma*lign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maligned; p. pr. & vb. n. Maligning.] [Cf. L. malignare. See Malign, a.] To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse. [1913 Webster]
- To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling. --South. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'maligned'
From: GCIDE
- maligned \maligned\ adj. Assailed with contemptuous language.
- Syn: reviled. [WordNet 1.5]
Words containing 'Maligned'
- Malign,
- Malignance,
- Malignancy,
- Malignant,
- Maligning,
- Malignity,
- Malignly,
- malignantly,
- maligner,
- malignment,
- Malignant lymphoma,
- Malignant pustule,
- Malignant tumor,
- malignant anaemia,
- malignant anemia,
- malignant growth,
- malignant hepatoma,
- malignant hypertension,
- malignant hyperthermia,
- malignant melanoma,
- malignant neoplasm,
- malignant neuroma,
- Malignant sore throat,
- malignant neoplastic disease