[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

malign \malign"\, 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
see also:
maligned maligning malign 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

maligned \maligned\ adj.
   assailed with contemptuous language.

   syn: reviled.
        wordnet 1.5

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

maligned
     adj : assailed with contemptuous language syn: reviled
see also:
reviled 

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