maligning in English

verb

1

speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner.

don't you dare malign her in my presence

synonyms: defame, slander, libel, blacken someone's name/character, smear, vilify, speak ill of, cast aspersions on, run down, traduce, denigrate, disparage, slur, abuse, revile, badmouth, dis, knock, talk smack, derogate, calumniate

verb

• defame, slander, libel, blacken someone's name/character, smear, vilify, speak ill of, cast aspersions on, run down, traduce, denigrate, disparage, slur, abuse, revile, badmouth, dis, knock, talk smack, derogate, calumniate
• traduce, badmouth

Use "maligning" in a sentence

1. Synonyms for Aspersing include defamation, libel, slander, calumny, vilification, calumniation, libeling, libelling, maligning and smearing

2. These men were “disregarding lordship and speaking abusively of glorious ones,” evidently maligning such individuals as anointed Christian overseers who had certain glory conferred upon them.

3. The man who would later be called Father Abraham was “likely the author … of letters in rustic dialectic in the [Sangamo] Journal under the byline ‘Johnny Blubberhead’ … maligning a host

4. Backbiting noun slander, abuse, spite, gossip, smearing, malice, maligning, defamation, vilification, denigration, bitchiness (slang), calumny, disparagement, muckraking, vituperation, spitefulness, cattiness (informal), scandalmongering, detraction, calumniation Corporate Backbiting is nothing new.