Home › Words › M › malignmentmalignmentmalignment means the act of maligning something.EtymologyFrom malign + -ment.nounThe act of maligning something.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.malignify 74% match — To make malign or malignant. vs malignment →malignly 73% match — In a malign manner. vs malignment →maligner 72% match — Someone who maligns vs malignment →malignance 70% match — malignancy vs malignment →malignity 70% match — The quality of being malign or malignant; badness, evilness, monstrosity, depravity, maliciousness. vs malignment →malaligned 66% match — Badly aligned; misaligned. vs malignment →malefactivity 64% match — The quality of being malefactive. vs malignment →maliciousness 62% match — The condition of being malicious; malevolence or malice. vs malignment →