as in malicious
having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it
both parties to the divorce showed a malign desire to make each other's future life utterly miserable
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as in to libel
to make untrue and harmful statements about
a candidate who believes that it is possible to win an election without maligning anyone
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Recent Examples of malign
David Meyer, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
This is the president who spent his first year in office delaying missile tests so as not to provoke Russia, and who couldn’t bring himself to kill a malign Russian pipeline project that would have put a noose around Ukraine’s stability and security.
—The Editors, National Review, 10 Nov. 2023
Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Of the 25 industries that Gallup includes in its poll, only oil and gas, the federal government, and drug companies are more maligned.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
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Russia’s malign online influence operations are doing just fine after the oh-so-mysterious death of Wagner Group warlord and attempted insurrectionist Yevgeny Prigozhin, who also ran the notorious Internet Research Agency troll farm, Microsoft’s security researchers have established.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
This is the president who spent his first year in office delaying missile tests so as not to provoke Russia, and who couldn’t bring himself to kill a malign Russian pipeline project that would have put a noose around Ukraine’s stability and security.
—The Editors, National Review, 10 Nov. 2023
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That film, which was heavily maligned and even became an ongoing joke by Reynolds himself, was Hollywood's first incarnation of a solo live-action title.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Of the 25 industries that Gallup includes in its poll, only oil and gas, the federal government, and drug companies are more maligned.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malign
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In sum, there are established means for a targeted individual to seek their own retribution against malicious acts by a government official who is without legal merit out to seek retribution.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
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After months of contentious testimony, a seven-member jury found unanimously that Heard had libeled her ex and awarded him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Even if the jury found Trump was libeled, a money award would involve proving his reputation was damaged.Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2024
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The gods prove cruel but not omnipotent, and the modern settings exert their own redemptive pull; the final effect is that of a magic trick, in which the characters manage, in each film’s miraculous closing moments, to slip the bonds of tragedy.Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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Some Rochester residents disagree and find their city’s methods excessively cruel to the birds.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
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Beijing has accused Washington of fabricating the charges to smear China's image, Reuters reports.Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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And on the streets of Tripoli in the north, there are spicy fish sandwiches served on pita bread smeared with toum.Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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But the blaze was the latest manifestation of a vicious cycle in which flammable invasive grasses are choking out fire-resistant vegetation in the Santa Monica Mountains.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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This can create a vicious cycle of one cold sore healing while another forms.Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 20 Dec. 2024
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He was glorified, vilified, the subject of erotic fan fiction, memorialized in tattoo form, memed and plastered onto merch, and endlessly scrutinized.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Harkening back to the simple – if often vilified – world of the one-stop shopping cable bundle, almost everyone is now jumping on the streaming bundle trend.Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Each forfeiture announcement unleashed appalling, hateful messages individuals chose to send directly to our student-athletes, our coaching staff and many associated with our program.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Its members have faced hateful comments, unfair criticism and privacy breaches that have threatened their mental health.Gabriel Saulog, Billboard, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Malign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malign. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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