Definition of malign

• a. - Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.
• a. - Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets.
• a. - Malignant; as, a malign ulcer.
• a. - To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure.
• a. - To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse.
• v. i. - To entertain malice.