maligned
About 0.40 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Assailed with contemptuous language
- 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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