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71abuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. misuse, misapply; mistreat, injure, damage; malign, scold, berate, vilify, curse; flay. n. injury, desecration; insult. See disapprobation, badness, deception, impurity, wrong.Ant., praise,… …
72slander — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. scandal, aspersion, defamation, calumny, disparagement. See detraction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. defamation, calumny, scandal, libel; see lie 1 . v. Syn. vilify, defame, calumniate, asperse, decry,… …
73traduce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. slander, calumniate, vilify, defame, asperse, malign, disparage. See detraction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. defame, libel, vilify, betray; see slander . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. vilify, defame,… …
74Malevolence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Malevolence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 malevolence malevolence Sgm: N 1 bad intent bad intent bad intention Sgm: N 1 unkindness unkindness diskindness Sgm: N 1 ill nature ill nature ill will ill blood …
75malignant — (adj.) 1560s, in reference to diseases, from M.Fr. malignant and directly from L.L. malignantem (nom. malignans) acting from malice, prp. of malignare injure maliciously (see MALIGN (Cf. malign) (v.)). Earlier in the church malignant followers of …
76drag through the mud — verb speak unfavorably about (Freq. 1) She badmouths her husband everywhere • Syn: ↑badmouth, ↑malign, ↑traduce • Derivationally related forms: ↑traducement (for: ↑ …
77Malignified — malignify ma*lig ni*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Malignified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Malignifying}.] [L. malignus malign + fy.] To make malign or malignant. [R.] A strong faith malignified. Southey. [1913 Webster] …
78malignify — ma*lig ni*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Malignified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Malignifying}.] [L. malignus malign + fy.] To make malign or malignant. [R.] A strong faith malignified. Southey. [1913 Webster] …
79Malignifying — malignify ma*lig ni*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Malignified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Malignifying}.] [L. malignus malign + fy.] To make malign or malignant. [R.] A strong faith malignified. Southey. [1913 Webster] …
80Mantra — In Tibet, many Buddhists carve mantras into rocks as a form of meditation. A mantra (Tib.སྔགས་ ngak; Wyl. sngags) [1] is a sound, syllable, word, or group of words that is considered capable of creating transformation (cf. spiritual… …
