Maligns
7 lettersverbmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Third-person singular of malign, meaning makes false and harmful statements about someone or speaks ill of them.
“He maligns his former colleague at every opportunity, systematically undermining her professional reputation.”
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Contains A and I vowels, the GN combination at the end is an unusual consonant pattern worth noting
Scrabble
Worth 10 points, the GN ending is valuable for hooking onto existing board tiles in adjacent rows
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