Maligns

Synonyms for "maligns" (248 found)

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Closest matches (50)

Verb(19 words)

badmouth drag through the mud traduce asperse assassinate backbite befoul belibel besmear besmirch bewray blacken blame blaze blemish blot blur calumniate calumny

evil malefic abuse antagonistic antipathetic asperse atrocious attack backbite bad-mouth badmouth baleful baneful barbaric barbarous befoul besmirch bespatter bestial bitchy

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blacken blaspheme bloody blow upon brutal brutish calumniate cancerous

Adjective(3 words)

abandoned arrant bad

Strong matches (74)

Related words (124)

infectious infective inhuman inimical iniquitous injurious internecine invidious kill crazy kill-crazy killing lethal libel maleficent malevolent malicious malignant mean mephitic merciless

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Verb(31 words)

lampoon libel monsterize muddy reproach revile scandal shit talk shit-talk slag slander smear smirch spatter speak ill of spite spot stab stain sully

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talk shit talk shite talk trash tarnish torch trash-talk unflatter vilify vilipend villainize wrong

Adjective(2 words)

malefic malevolent

Adjective(8 words)

nefarious nithing sinful sinister sullen ungodly viperish viperous

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