different between malign vs depreciate
malign
English
Etymology
From Old French maligne, from Latin malignus, from malus (“bad”) + genus (“sort, kind”). Compare benign.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?-l?n', IPA(key): /m??la?n/
Adjective
malign (comparative more malign, superlative most malign)
- Evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.
- Malevolent.
- 1891, Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- He was sure they [the stars] were arranged in some order which had a secret and malign significance.
- 1891, Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- (oncology) Malignant.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Seditions and Troubles
- malign ulcers
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Seditions and Troubles
Antonyms
- benign
Related terms
- malignant
Translations
Verb
malign (third-person singular simple present maligns, present participle maligning, simple past and past participle maligned)
- (transitive) To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce.
- To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling.
- (transitive, archaic) To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong.
- The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:defame
Translations
Anagrams
- Gilman, laming, lingam
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin malignus
Adjective
malign (masculine and feminine malign, neuter malignt, definite singular and plural maligne)
- (medicine) malignant
References
- “malign” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “malign” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin malignus
Adjective
malign (masculine and feminine malign, neuter malignt, definite singular and plural maligne)
- (medicine) malignant
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depreciate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin depretiare, depretiatus, from de- + pretium (“price”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??p?i???e?t/
Verb
depreciate (third-person singular simple present depreciates, present participle depreciating, simple past and past participle depreciated)
- (transitive) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
- 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe
- […] which […] some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate.
- 1 December, 1783, Edmund Burke, speech on Fox's East India Bill
- To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself.
- 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe
- (intransitive) To decline in value over time.
- (transitive) To belittle or disparage.
Usage notes
- Do not confuse with deprecate (“to disapprove of”). The meaning of deprecate has lately been encroaching on depreciate in the sense 'to belittle'.
Synonyms
- (reduce in value over time):
- (belittle): do down
Antonyms
- (reduce in value over time): appreciate
- (belittle): aggrandise/aggrandize, big up (slang)
Translations
Anagrams
- etacepride
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