Conjugation
malign
Language
English
IndicativePresent
- I malign
- you malign
- you malign
- he/she/it maligns
- we malign
- they malign
IndicativePreterite
- I maligned
- you maligned
- you maligned
- he/she/it maligned
- we maligned
- they maligned
IndicativePresent continuous
- I am maligning
- you are maligning
- you are maligning
- he/she/it is maligning
- we are maligning
- they are maligning
IndicativePresent perfect
- I have maligned
- you have maligned
- you have maligned
- he/she/it has maligned
- we have maligned
- they have maligned
IndicativeFuture
- I will malign
- you will malign
- you will malign
- he/she/it will malign
- we will malign
- they will malign
IndicativeFuture perfect
- I will have maligned
- you will have maligned
- you will have maligned
- he/she/it will have maligned
- we will have maligned
- they will have maligned
IndicativePast continous
- I was maligning
- you were maligning
- you were maligning
- he/she/it was maligning
- we were maligning
- they were maligning
IndicativePast perfect
- I had maligned
- you had maligned
- you had maligned
- he/she/it had maligned
- we had maligned
- they had maligned
IndicativeFuture continuous
- I will be maligning
- you will be maligning
- you will be maligning
- he/she/it will be maligning
- we will be maligning
- they will be maligning
IndicativePresent perfect continuous
- I have been maligning
- you have been maligning
- you have been maligning
- he/she/it has been maligning
- we have been maligning
- they have been maligning
IndicativePast perfect continuous
- I had been maligning
- you had been maligning
- you had been maligning
- he/she/it had been maligning
- we had been maligning
- they had been maligning
IndicativeFuture perfect continuous
- I will have been maligning
- you will have been maligning
- you will have been maligning
- he/she/it will have been maligning
- we will have been maligning
- they will have been maligning
ParticiplePresent
- maligning
ParticiplePast
- maligned
Perfect participle
- having maligned
Examples
Hate speech was reportedly still being used to malign some of the country's minority communities.
In particular, it noted with regret Indian attempts to malign the legitimate struggle of freedom by denigrating it as terrorism.
Similarly, accounting and finance can play malign roles in the pursuit of eco-justice.
We are alarmed by the malign role played by individuals such as Victor Bout in the illicit arms-supply chain.