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Adjective
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Evil in nature or effect
malignant
malicious
malevolent
evil
vicious
hostile
nasty
hurtful
bad
mean
pernicious
baleful
cruel
spiteful
harmful
rancorous
virulent
maleficent
hateful
malefic
injurious
deleterious
detrimental
noxious
destructive
damaging
antagonistic
baneful
wicked
inimical
despiteful
catty
sinister
negative
antipathetic
aspersive
evil-intentioned
more ❯
“We can never really know how far his malign influence has spread.”
Adjective
▲
Not characterized by or conducive to physical health or well-being
unwholesome
unhealthy
noxious
insalubrious
deleterious
contaminated
toxic
unhygienic
poisonous
harmful
unhealthful
foul
impure
detrimental
insanitary
injurious
pernicious
damaging
noisome
destructive
dangerous
baleful
baneful
septic
ruinous
tainted
inimical
rotten
sickly
venomous
malignant
spoiledUS
spoiltUK
unnourishing
lethal
decayed
innutritious
unnutritious
virulent
junk
unsound
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Adjective
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Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen
sinister
threatening
menacing
frightening
ominous
dire
scary
baleful
direful
forbidding
foreboding
inauspicious
alarming
spooky
creepy
eerie
portentous
ill
doomy
harmful
unfavourableUK
minatory
injurious
unpropitious
adverse
pernicious
evil
unfavorableUS
hurtful
deleterious
dark
disturbing
malignant
baneful
unfortunate
unlucky
bodeful
disquieting
disastrous
black
nasty
minacious
eldritch
sinistrous
apocalyptic
lowering
minatorial
doomful
woeful
ill-boding
ill-omened
evil-looking
suggestive of evil
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Adjective
▲
Marked by harsh, spoken, or written abuse
vituperative
vitriolic
abusive
opprobrious
scurrilous
harsh
virulent
withering
belittling
censorious
contumelious
defamatory
derogatory
insulting
invective
sardonic
scurril
scurrile
truculent
vituperatory
calumniating
calumniatory
castigating
critical
denunciatory
derisive
disparaging
insolent
libellousUK
libelousUS
malicious
maligning
obloquious
offensive
ranting
reproachful
reviling
rude
sarcastic
scathing
scolding
slanderous
traducing
upbraiding
vilifying
sharp-tongued
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Adjective
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Very cruel or brutal in nature
inhuman
cruel
savage
vicious
brutal
barbarous
barbaric
wicked
fiendish
sadistic
evil
inhumane
atrocious
monstrous
heinous
diabolical
ferocious
fierce
harsh
beastly
truculent
bestial
wanton
malicious
brute
severe
hateful
butcherly
mean
egregious
flagitious
sanguinary
malignant
dastardly
unrelenting
relentless
wolfish
cannibalistic
cold
devilish
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Verb
▲
To make untrue and slanderous comments about
slander
vilify
defame
traduce
smear
denigrate
disparage
calumniate
libel
slur
asperse
discredit
sully
besmirch
stain
blacken
taint
tarnish
stigmatiseUK
stigmatizeUS
scandaliseUK
scandalizeUS
befoul
derogate
revile
slight
misrepresent
vilipend
badmouth
backbite
burlesque
caricature
mudsling
villainize
bad-mouth
speak ill of
drag through the mire
drag through the mud
run down
cast aspersions on
give a black eye
fling mud at
sling mud at
speak evil of
spread scandal about
give a bad name
tear down
tell lies about
do a hatchet job on
throw mud at
write false reports about
spread tales about
mark wrong
drag name through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
drag someone's name through the mire
sully someone's reputation
taint someone's name
tarnish someone's name
run a smear campaign against
blacken someone's name
accuse falsely
cast aspersion
spread lies about
sully someone's name
blacken someone's character
soil someone's name
stain someone's good name
injure the reputation of
more ❯
“He did not set out to falsely malign anyone or advance some hidden political agenda.”
Verb
▲
To belittle or express disapproval of
disparage
denigrate
deprecate
belittle
knock
vilify
criticiseUK
criticizeUS
decry
slam
trash
pan
depreciate
diminish
slur
abuse
discredit
rubbish
scorn
revile
dis
deride
roast
bash
vituperate
flame
insult
ridicule
marginaliseUK
marginalizeUS
mock
opprobriate
bad-mouth
run down
put down
trash-talk
slag off
talk down
detract from
pooh-pooh
hit out at
have a go at
tear into
speak ill of
speak badly of
tear down
take a swipe at
more ❯
“There are some uncharitable souls who would doubt my motives and malign my efforts.”
Verb
▲
To mistreat or do an injustice to
wrong
maltreat
hurt
abuse
mistreat
injure
oppress
harm
persecute
wound
damage
dishonourUK
misrepresent
offend
outrage
dishonorUS
cheat
discredit
vilify
aggrieve
trespass
ill-treat
ill-use
do an injustice to
offend against
dump on
do a disservice to
do injury to
do wrong to
take advantage of
bad mouth
impose upon
sin against
do the dirty on
kick in the teeth
more ❯
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