EGAVE

maligned

About 0.40 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Assailed with contemptuous language
  2. verb simple past and past participle of malign

Similar words

abused reviled misprised derisible dishonored misfavored disparaging dishonoured opprobrious disgraced

Often followed by

and by as in the him for or man

Word family

much maligned

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