- present participle of malign.
maligning
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CompassCare has responded by furiously maligning Kamke in public, an unusual way to treat a former patient.
From Slate ● May 28, 2024
The executive director of Central Arkansas Library System, Nate Coulter, said the judge’s 49-page decision recognized the law as censorship, a violation of the Constitution and wrongly maligning librarians.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
“I don’t think she’s maligning ‘Deal or No Deal.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
And when they lead harassment campaigns, they pick their targets wisely — often maligning public figures rather than private citizens, which gives them broader speech protections under the First Amendment.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2022
They strove again, as they had striven before, to win the King's favour by maligning him.
From Great Ralegh by Hugh de Selincourt
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