maligns 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 "maligns" in a sentence

1. Synonyms for Backbites include detracts, knocks, libels, rubbishes, abuses, calumniates, defames, denigrates, disparages and maligns

2. Synonyms for Belittles include ridicules, decries, defames, deprecates, depreciates, derogates, disparages, maligns, minimises and minimizes

3. Synonyms for Asperses include vilifies, disparages, maligns, defames, slanders, slurs, traduces, calumniates, smears and libels

4. The date was referred to later in the document as the year that coups d'etat would engulf Europe and overthrow the elite he maligns.