malignus — meaning in English

English meaning

• evil adjective Deeply immoral and cruel; deliberately intending to cause harm.
• malign verb To say untrue or unfair things about someone in order to damage their reputation.

Senses

malignus is used for these senses in English:

• evil Morally corrupt.

evil — full definition

1. adjective Deeply immoral and cruel; deliberately intending to cause harm.
2. adjective Unpleasant or unlucky, in a milder, informal sense.
3. noun Moral wickedness, or the force believed to cause suffering and wrongdoing in the world.

malign — full definition

1. verb To say untrue or unfair things about someone in order to damage their reputation.
2. adj Evil or harmful in nature or intent.

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