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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maligned

/məlˈaɪnd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
ma-ligned
IPA
/məlˈaɪnd/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Assailed with contemptuous language

verb

simple past and past participle of malign

Inflected Forms

more maligned (comparative) most maligned (superlative)

Derived Forms

unmaligned

Rhymes With

find kind mind behind designed signed wind combined defined blind assigned remind

Questions

How do you pronounce maligned?
The recorded pronunciation is /məlˈaɪnd/.
What does maligned mean?
Assailed with contemptuous language

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