All maligned synonyms
ma·lign
M m adj maligned
verb maligned
- defamed — Simple past tense and past participle of defame.
- criticized — to censure or find fault with.
- badmouthed — Simple past tense and past participle of badmouth.
- smeared — to spread or daub (an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance) on or over something: to smear butter on bread.
- libeled — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of libel.
- denigrated — Simple past tense and past participle of denigrate.
- disparaged — Simple past tense and past participle of disparage.
- slurred — to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed by over): The report slurred over her contribution to the enterprise.
- besmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- insulted — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
- reviled — to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- sullied — to soil, stain, or tarnish.
- tainted — a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- abused — Simple past tense and past participle of abuse.
- accused — You can use the accused to refer to a person or a group of people charged with a crime or on trial for it.
- backbit — Simple past tense and past participle of backbite.
- befouled — to make dirty or filthy; soil; defile; sully: a bird that befouls its own nest.
- blackened — having been cooked until a very dark or black colour
- calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
- cursed — If you are cursed with something, you are very unlucky in having it.
- decried — to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of: She decried the lack of support for the arts in this country.
- defiled — to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase.
- depreciated — Simple past tense and past participle of depreciate; reduced in value over time.
- derogated — Simple past tense and past participle of derogate.
- detracted — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- dirtied — Simple past tense and past participle of dirty.
- harmed — physical injury or mental damage; hurt: to do him bodily harm.
- injured — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- polluted — made unclean or impure; contaminated; tainted: swimming in polluted waters.
- rapped — to carry off; transport.
- soiled — to feed (confined cattle, horses, etc.) freshly cut green fodder for roughage.
- spattered — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.