English-Thai Dictionary
Mali
N สาธารณ รัฐ ใน แอฟริกา ตะวันตก sa-ta-ra-na-rad-nai-aef-fri-ka-ta-wan-tok
malic
A เกี่ยวกับ แอปเปิล เกี่ยวกับ กรด malic acid
malice
N ความ มุ่งร้าย ill-will maliciousness spitefulness kwam-mung-rai
malice
N ความอาฆาต พยาบาท malevolence kwam-ar-kad-pa-ya-bad
malice aforethought
N การ ปองร้าย kan-pong-rai
malicious
ADJ มุ่งร้าย ปองร้าย ประสงค์ร้าย ผูกพยาบาท spiteful malevolent mung-rai
maliciously
ADV อย่าง มุ่งร้าย อย่าง ประสงค์ร้าย อย่าง อาฆาตแค้น อย่าง ผูกพยาบาท yang-mung-rai
maliciousness
N ความ มุ่งร้าย การ ประสงค์ร้าย kwam-mung-rai
malign
ADJ ร้ายกาจ harmful evil bad benign rai-kad
malign
VT ใส่ร้าย พูด ให้ร้าย กล่าวหา ทำให้ เสียชื่อเสียง traduce defame slander sai-rai
malignance
N ความ ชั่วร้าย kwam-chue-rai
malignancies
N เนื้อร้าย cancer nuan-rai
malignancy
N การ ปองร้าย เจตนาร้าย การ ประสงค์ร้าย ความ มุ่งร้าย kan-pong-rai
malignancy
N การ ใส่ร้าย การ พูด ให้ร้าย การกล่าวหา การ ทำให้ เสียชื่อเสียง malice fatality virulence kan-sai-rai
malignancy
N เนื้อร้าย tumour cancer nuan-rai
malignant
ADJ ที่ มุ่งร้าย ti-mung-rai
malignant
ADJ เป็นอันตราย ร้ายแรง มี ภัย อันตราย มาก pen-an-ta-rai
malignantly
ADV อย่าง ชั่วร้าย yang-chue-rai
maligner
N คน กล่าวหา ผู้ กล่าวร้าย kon-kao-ha
malignity
N การ มุ่งร้าย ความ ประสงค์ร้าย การกระทำ ที่ ประสงค์ร้าย kan-mung-rai
malinger
VI แกล้ง ป่วย shirk cheat kang-puai
malingerer
N คน แกล้ง ป่วย kon-kang-puai
malison
N คำสาปแช่ง คำด่า kam-sab-chang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MALIC
a.[L. malum, an apple. ] Pertaining to apples; drawn from the juice of apples; as malic acid.
MALICE
n.[L. malitia, from malus, evil. ] Extreme enmity of heart, or malevolence; a disposition to injure others without cause, from mere personal gratification or from a spirit of revenge; unprovoked malignity or spite. --Nor set down aught in malice.
MALICE
v.t.To regard with extreme ill will. [Not used. ]
MALICIOUS
a.Harboring ill will or enmity without provocation; malevolent in the extreme; malignant in heart. I grant him bloody,
Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin
That has a name.
1. Proceeding from extreme hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as a malicious report.
MALICIOUSLY
adv. With malice; with extreme enmity or ill will; with deliberate intention to injure.
MALICIOUSNESS
n.The quality of being malicious; extreme enmity or disposition to injure; malignity.
MALIGN
a.mali'ne. [L. malignus, from malus, evil. See Malady. ] 1. Having a very evil disposition towards others; harboring violent hatred or enmity; malicious; as malign spirits.
2. Unfavorable; pernicious; tending to injure; as a malign aspect of planets.
3. Malignant; pernicious; as a malign ulcer.
MALIGN
v.t.To regard with envy or malice; to treat with extreme enmity; to injure maliciously. The people practice mischief against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods and murdering them.
1. To traduce; to defame.
MALIGN
v.i.To entertain malice.
MALIGNANCY
n.[See Malignant. ] Extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as malignancy of heart. 1. Unfavorableness; unpropitiousness; as the malignancy of the aspect of planets.
The malignancy of my fate might distemper yours.
2. Virulence; tendency to mortification or to a fatal issue; as the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever.
MALIGNANT
a.[L. malignus, maligno, from malus, evil. ] 1. Malicious; having extreme malevolence or enmity; as a malignant heart.
2. Unpropitious; exerting pernicious influence; as malignant start.
3. Virulent; as a malignant ulcer.
4. Dangerous to life; as a malignant fever.
5. Extremely heinous; as the malignant nature of sin.
MALIGNANT
n.A man of extreme enmity or evil intentions. [Not used. ]
MALIGNANTLY
adv. Maliciously; with extreme malevolence. 1. With pernicious influence.
MALIGNER
n.One who regards or treats another with enmity; a traducer; a defamer.
MALIGNITY
n.[L. malignitas.] Extreme enmity, or evil dispositions of heart towards another; malice without provocation, or malevolence with baseness of heart; deep rooted spite. 1. Virulence; destructive tendency; as the malignity of an ulcer or disease.
2. Extreme evilness of nature; as the malignity of fraud.
3. Extreme sinfulness; enormity or heinousness; as the malignity of sin.
MALIGNLY
adv. With extreme ill will. 1. Unpropitiously; perniciously.
MALISON
n.Malediction. [Not in use. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MALIC
Ma "lic, a. Etym: [L. malum an apple: cf. F. malique.] (Chem. )
Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, apples; as, malic acid. Malic acid, a hydroxy acid obtained as a substance which is sirupy or crystallized with difficulty, and has a strong but pleasant sour taste. It occurs in many fruits, as in green apples, currants, etc. It is levorotatory or dextrorotatory according to the temperature and concentration. An artificial variety is a derivative of succinic acid, but has no action on polarized light, and thus malic acid is a remarkable case of physical isomerism.
MALICE
Mal "ice, n. Etym: [F. malice, fr. L. malitia, from malus bad, ill, evil, prob. orig. , dirty, black; cf. Gr. mala dirt. Cf. Mauger. ]
1. Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a malignant design of evil. "Nor set down aught in malice. " Shak. Envy, hatred, and malice are three distinct passions of the mind. Ld. Holt.
2. (Law )
Defn: Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others;willfulness. Malice aforethought or prepense, malice previously and deliberately entertained.
Syn. -- Spite; ill will; malevolence; grudge; pique; bitterness; animosity; malignity; maliciousness; rancor; virulence. See Spite. -- Malevolence, Malignity, Malignancy. Malice is a stronger word than malevolence, which may imply only a desire that evil may befall another, while malice desires, and perhaps intends, to bring it about. Malignity is intense and deepseated malice. It implies a natural delight in hating and wronging others. One who is malignant must be both malevolent and malicious; but a man may be malicious without being malignant. Proud tyrants who maliciously destroy And ride o'er ruins with malignant joy. Somerville. in some connections, malignity seems rather more pertinently applied to a radical depravity of nature, and malignancy to indications of this depravity, in temper and conduct in particular instances. Cogan.
MALICE
MALICE Mal "ice, v. t.
Defn: To regard with extreme ill will. [Obs. ]
MALICHO
Mal "i *cho, n. Etym: [Sp. malhecho; mal bad + hecho deed, L. factum. See Fact. ]
Defn: Mischief. [Obs. ] Shak.
MALICIOUS
Ma *li "cious, a. Etym: [Of. malicius, F. malicieux, fr. L. malitiosus.See Malice. ]
1. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity. I grant him bloody, ... Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a name. Shak.
2. Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief.
3. (Law )
Defn: With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act. Malicious abandonment, the desertion of a wife or husband without just cause. Burrill. -- Malicious mischief (Law ), malicious injury to the property of another; -- an offense at common law. Wharton. -- Malicious prosecution or arrest (Law ), a wanton prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable cause. Bouvier.
Syn. -- Ill-disposed; evil-minded; mischievous; envious; malevolent; invidious; spiteful; bitter; malignant; rancorous; malign. -- Ma *li "cious *ly, adv. -- Ma *li "cious *ness, n.
MALIGN
Ma *lign ", a. Etym: [L. malignus, for maligenus, i. e., of a bad kind or nature; malus bad + the root of genus birth, race, kind: cf. F. malin, masc. , maligne, fem. See Malice, Gender, and cf. Benign, Malignant. ]
1. Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign. Witchcraft may be by operation of malign spirits. Bacon.
2. Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets.
3. Malignant; as, a malign ulcer. [R.] Bacon.
MALIGN
Ma *lign ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maligned; p. pr. & vb. n. Maligning.]Etym: [Cf. L. malignare. See Malign, a.]
Defn: To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure. [Obs. ] The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them. Spenser.
2. To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse. To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling. South.
MALIGN
MALIGN Ma *lign ", v. i.
Defn: To entertain malice. [Obs. ]
MALIGNANCE; MALIGNANCY
Ma *lig "nance, Ma *lig "nan *cy, n. Etym: [See Malignant. ]
1. The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.
2. Unfavorableness; evil nature. The malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemner yours. Shak.
3. (Med. )
Defn: Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever.
4. The state of being a malignant.
Syn. -- Malice; malevolence; malignity. See Malice.
MALIGNANT
Ma *lig "nant, a. Etym: [L. malignans, -antis, p. pr. of malignare,malignari, to do or make maliciously. See Malign, and cf. Benignant. ]
1. Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious. A malignant and a turbaned Turk. Shak.
2. Characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious. "Malignant care. " Macaulay. Some malignant power upon my life. Shak. Something deleterious and malignant as his touch. Hawthorne.
3. (Med. )
Defn: Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria. Malignant pustule (Med. ), a very contagious disease, transmitted to man from animals, characterized by the formation, at the point of reception of the virus, of a vesicle or pustule which first enlarges and then breaks down into an unhealthy ulcer. It is marked by profound exhaustion and usually fatal. Called also charbon, and sometimes, improperly, anthrax.
MALIGNANT
MALIGNANT Ma *lig "nant, n.
1. A man of extrems enmity or evil intentions. Hooker.
2. (Eng. Hist. )
Defn: One of the adherents of Charles L. or Charles LL. ; -- so called by the opposite party.
MALIGNANTLY
MALIGNANTLY Ma *lig "nant *ly, adv.
Defn: In a malignant manner.
MALIGNER
MALIGNER Ma *lign "er, n.
Defn: One who maligns.
MALIGNIFY
Ma *lig "ni *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Malignified; p. pr. & vb. n.Malignifying.] Etym: [L. malignus malign + -fy. ]
Defn: To make malign or malignant. [R.] "A strong faith malignified." Southey.
MALIGNITY
Ma *lig "ni *ty, n. Etym: [F. malignité, L. malignitas.]
1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.
2. Virulence; deadly quality. His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease. Hayward.
3. Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness; heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud. [R.]
Syn. -- See Malice.
MALIGNLY
MALIGNLY Ma *lign "ly, adv.
Defn: In a malign manner; with malignity.
MALINGER
Ma *lin "ger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. MAlingered; p. pr. & vb. n.Malingering.]
Defn: To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability.
MALINGERER
Ma *lin "ger *er, n. Etym: [F. malingre sickly, weakly, prob. from mal ill + OF. heingre, haingre, thin, lean, infirm, fr. L. aeger.]
Defn: In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability.
MALINGERY
MALINGERY Ma *lin "ger *y, n.
Defn: The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
MALISON
Mal "i *son, n. Etym: [OF. maleicon, L. maledictio. See Malediction, and cf. Benison. ]
Defn: Malediction; curse; execration. [Poetic ] God's malison on his head who this gainsays. Sir W. Scott.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Mali
Ma li |ˈmälē ˈmɑli | a landlocked country in West Africa, south of Algeria, in the Sahel except for desert in the north; pop. 13,443,200 (est. 2009 ); capital, Bamako; languages, French (official ) and others mainly of the Mande group. Former name (until 1958 ) French Sudan. Conquered by the French in the late 19th century, Mali became part of French West Africa. It was a partner with Senegal in the Federation of Mali in 1959 and achieved full independence a year later, when Senegal withdrew. DERIVATIVES Ma li an |-ēən |adjective & noun
mali
mali |ˈmɑːli | ▶noun ( pl. malis ) Indian a gardener. ORIGIN via Hindi from Sanskrit, from mālā ‘garland ’.
Malibu
Mal i bu 1 |ˈmaləˌbo͞o ˈmæləbu | a resort on the Pacific Ocean coast of southern California, west of Los Angeles. It is home to many movie stars.
Malibu
Mal i bu 2 |ˈmæləbu ˈmaləˌbo͞o |(also Malibu board ) ▶noun ( pl. Malibus ) a lightweight surfboard, typically relatively long with a rounded front end. ORIGIN 1960s: named after Malibu beach (see Malibu 1 ).
malic acid
mal ic ac id |ˈmalik ˌmælɪk ˈæsəd | ▶noun Chemistry a crystalline acid present in unripe apples and other fruits. [Chem. formula: HOOCCH 2 CH (OH )COOH. ] DERIVATIVES mal ate |ˈmalˌāt, ˈmāˌlāt |noun ORIGIN late 18th cent.: malic from French malique, from Latin malum ‘apple. ’
malice
mal ice |ˈmaləs ˈmæləs | ▶noun the intention or desire to do evil; ill will: I bear no malice toward anybody. • Law wrongful intention, esp. as increasing the guilt of certain offenses. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin malitia, from malus ‘bad. ’
malice aforethought
mal ice a fore thought ▶noun Law the intention to kill or harm, which is held to distinguish unlawful killing from murder.
malicious
ma li cious |məˈliSHəs məˈlɪʃəs | ▶adjective characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm: malicious destruction of property | the transmission of malicious software such as computer viruses. DERIVATIVES ma li cious ly adverb, ma li cious ness noun ORIGIN Middle English (also in the sense ‘wicked ’): from Old French malicios, from Latin malitiosus, from malitia (see malice ).
malicious mischief
ma li cious mis chief ▶noun Law the willful destruction of another person's property for vicious, wanton, or mischievous purposes.
malign
ma lign |məˈlīn məˈlaɪn | ▶adjective evil in nature or effect; malevolent: she had a strong and malign influence. • archaic (of a disease ) malignant. ▶verb [ with obj. ] speak about (someone ) in a spitefully critical manner: don't you dare malign her in my presence. DERIVATIVES ma lign er noun, ma lig ni ty |-ˈlignətē |noun, ma lign ly adverb ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French maligne (adjective ), malignier (verb ), based on Latin malignus ‘tending to evil, ’ from malus ‘bad. ’
malignancy
ma lig nan cy |məˈlignənsē məˈlɪɡnənsi | ▶noun ( pl. malignancies ) 1 the state or presence of a malignant tumor; cancer: after biopsy, evidence of malignancy was found. • a cancerous growth. • a form of cancer: diffuse malignancies such as leukemia. 2 the quality of being malign or malevolent: her eyes sparkled with renewed malignancy.
malignant
ma lig nant |məˈlignənt məˈlɪɡnənt | ▶adjective 1 (of a disease ) very virulent or infectious. • (of a tumor ) tending to invade normal tissue or to recur after removal; cancerous. Contrasted with benign. 2 malevolent: in the hands of malignant fate. DERIVATIVES ma lig nant ly adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (also in the sense ‘likely to rebel against God or authority ’): from late Latin malignant- ‘contriving maliciously, ’ from the verb malignare. The term was used in its early sense to describe those sympathetic to the royalist cause during the English Civil War (1642 –49 ).
malignant pustule
ma ¦lig |nant pus |tule ▶noun [ mass noun ] a form of anthrax causing severe skin ulceration.
malik
malik |ˈmɑːlɪk | ▶noun (in parts of South Asia and the Middle East ) the chief of a village or community. ORIGIN from Arabic, active participle of malaka ‘possess or rule ’.
malimbe
malimbe |məˈlɪmbi | ▶noun a weaver bird of west and central Africa, having black plumage with red on the head or throat. ●Genus Malimbus, family Ploceidae. ORIGIN 1940s: named after the town of Malimbe in Angola.
malinger
ma lin ger |məˈliNGgər məˈlɪŋɡər | ▶verb [ no obj. ] exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: back-formation from malingerer, apparently from French malingre, perhaps formed as mal- ‘wrongly, improperly ’ + haingre ‘weak, ’ probably of Germanic origin.
malingerer
ma lin ger er |məˈliNGgərər | ▶noun a person who malingers: the doctor said my son was a malingerer.
Malin Head
Malin Head |ˈmalɪn | a point on the coast of County Donegal, the northernmost point of Ireland. The shipping forecast area Malin covers the Atlantic north of Ireland and west of the southern half of Scotland.
Malinke
Ma lin ke |məˈliNGkā məˈlɪŋkeɪ | ▶noun ( pl. same or Malinkes ) 1 a member of a people living mainly in Senegal, Mali, and Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast ). 2 the Mande language of this people. ▶adjective of or relating to the Malinke or their language. ORIGIN the name in Malinke.
Malinowski, Bronisław
Ma li now ski, Bronisław |ˌmaləˈnôfskē, -ˈnäf -, ˌmäl -ˌmɑləˈnɑfski | (1884 –1942 ), Polish anthropologist; full name Bronisław Kaspar Malinowsky. He initiated the technique of “participant observation ” and developed the functionalist approach to anthropology.
malinvestment
malinvestment |ˌmalɪnˈvɛstm (ə )nt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or fact of investing money in an ill-judged or wasteful way: overgenerous credit and monetary policies contributed to massive malinvestment.
malison
mal i son |ˈmaləsən, -zən ˌmæləsən | ▶noun archaic a curse. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French.
Oxford Dictionary
Mali
Mali |ˈmɑːli | a landlocked country in West Africa, south of Algeria; pop. 13,443,200 (est. 2009 ); languages, French (official ), other languages mainly of the Mande group; capital, Bamako. Former name (until 1958 ) French Sudan. Conquered by the French in the late 19th century, Mali became part of French West Africa. It became a partner with Senegal in the Federation of Mali in 1959 and achieved full independence a year later, on the withdrawal of Senegal. DERIVATIVES Malian adjective & noun
mali
mali |ˈmɑːli | ▶noun ( pl. malis ) Indian a gardener. ORIGIN via Hindi from Sanskrit, from mālā ‘garland ’.
Malibu
Malibu 1 |ˈmalɪbuː | a resort on the Pacific coast of southern California, immediately to the west of Los Angeles.
Malibu
Malibu 2 |ˈmalɪbuː |(also Malibu board ) ▶noun ( pl. Malibus ) a kind of surfboard that is relatively long with a rounded front end. ORIGIN 1960s: named after Malibu beach (see Malibu 1 ).
malic acid
malic acid |ˈmalɪk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a crystalline acid present in unripe apples and other fruits. ●Chem. formula: HOOCCH 2 CH (OH )COOH. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: malic from French malique, from Latin malum ‘apple ’.
malice
mal ¦ice |ˈmalɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the desire to harm someone; ill will: I bear no malice towards anybody. • Law wrongful intention, especially as increasing the guilt of certain offences. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin malitia, from malus ‘bad ’.
malice aforethought
mal ¦ice afore |thought ▶noun [ mass noun ] Law the intention to kill or harm, which distinguishes murder from unlawful killing.
malicious
ma |li ¦cious |məˈlɪʃəs | ▶adjective characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm: he was found guilty of malicious damage | a hotbed of rumour and malicious chit-chat | the transmission of malicious software such as computer viruses. DERIVATIVES maliciously adverb, maliciousness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French malicios, from Latin malitiosus, from malitia (see malice ).
malicious mischief
ma li cious mis chief ▶noun Law the willful destruction of another person's property for vicious, wanton, or mischievous purposes.
malign
malign |məˈlʌɪn | ▶adjective evil in nature or effect: she had a strong and malign influence. • archaic (of a disease ) malignant. ▶verb [ with obj. ] speak about (someone ) in a spitefully critical manner: don't you dare malign her in my presence. DERIVATIVES maligner noun, malignity |məˈlɪgnɪti |noun, malignly adverb ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French maligne (adjective ), malignier (verb ), based on Latin malignus ‘tending to evil ’, from malus ‘bad ’.
malignancy
malignancy |məˈlɪgnənsi | ▶noun ( pl. malignancies ) [ mass noun ] 1 the state or presence of a malignant tumour; cancer: after biopsy, evidence of malignancy was found. • [ count noun ] a cancerous growth. • [ count noun ] a form of cancer. 2 the quality of being malign: her eyes sparkled with renewed malignancy.
malignant
ma ¦lig |nant |məˈlɪgnənt | ▶adjective 1 evil in nature or effect; malevolent: in the hands of malignant fate. 2 (of a disease ) very virulent or infectious. • (of a tumour ) tending to invade normal tissue or to recur after removal; cancerous. Contrasted with benign. DERIVATIVES malignantly adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (also in the sense ‘likely to rebel against God or authority ’): from late Latin malignant- ‘contriving maliciously ’, from the verb malignare. The term was used in its early sense to describe Royalist sympathizers during the English Civil War.
malignant pustule
ma ¦lig |nant pus |tule ▶noun [ mass noun ] a form of anthrax causing severe skin ulceration.
malik
malik |ˈmɑːlɪk | ▶noun (in parts of South Asia and the Middle East ) the chief of a village or community. ORIGIN from Arabic, active participle of malaka ‘possess or rule ’.
malimbe
malimbe |məˈlɪmbi | ▶noun a weaver bird of west and central Africa, having black plumage with red on the head or throat. ●Genus Malimbus, family Ploceidae. ORIGIN 1940s: named after the town of Malimbe in Angola.
Malines
Malines |malin | French name for Mechelen.
malinger
malinger |məˈlɪŋgə | ▶verb [ no obj. ] pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: back-formation from malingerer, apparently from French malingre, perhaps formed as mal- ‘wrongly ’ + haingre ‘weak ’, probably of Germanic origin.
malingerer
ma ¦lin |ger ¦er |məˈlɪŋg (ə )rə (r )| ▶noun a person who malingers; a shirker: the doctor said my son was a malingerer.
Malin Head
Malin Head |ˈmalɪn | a point on the coast of County Donegal, the northernmost point of Ireland. The shipping forecast area Malin covers the Atlantic north of Ireland and west of the southern half of Scotland.
Malinke
Malinke |məˈlɪŋkeɪ | ▶noun ( pl. same or Malinkes ) 1 a member of a West African people living mainly in Senegal, Mali, and Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast ). 2 [ mass noun ] the Mande language of the Malinke, with abut 800,000 speakers. ▶adjective relating to the Malinke or their language. ORIGIN the name in Malinke.
Malinowski, Bronisław Kaspar
Malinowski, Bronisław Kaspar |ˌmalɪˈnɒfski | (1884 –1942 ), Polish anthropologist. He initiated the technique of ‘participant observation ’ and developed the functionalist approach to anthropology.
malinvestment
malinvestment |ˌmalɪnˈvɛstm (ə )nt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or fact of investing money in an ill-judged or wasteful way: overgenerous credit and monetary policies contributed to massive malinvestment.
malison
malison |ˈmalɪz (ə )n, -s- | ▶noun archaic a curse. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French.
American Oxford Thesaurus
malice
malice noun she had intended no malice toward him: spite, malevolence, ill will, vindictiveness, vengefulness, revenge, malignity, evil intentions, animus, enmity, rancor; informal bitchiness, cattiness; literary maleficence. ANTONYMS benevolence.
malicious
malicious adjective Arnold's allegations take on the qualities of a malicious character assassination: spiteful, malevolent, evil-intentioned, vindictive, vengeful, malign, mean, nasty, hurtful, mischievous, wounding, cruel, unkind; informal bitchy, catty; literary malefic, maleficent. ANTONYMS benevolent.
malign
malign adjective a malign influence: harmful, evil, bad, baleful, hostile, inimical, destructive, malignant, injurious; literary malefic, maleficent. ANTONYMS beneficial. ▶verb he maligned an innocent man: defame, slander, libel, blacken someone's name /character, smear, vilify, speak ill of, cast aspersions on, run down, traduce, denigrate, disparage, slur, abuse, revile; informal badmouth, dis, knock; formal derogate, calumniate. ANTONYMS praise.
malignant
malignant adjective 1 a malignant disease: virulent, very infectious, invasive, uncontrollable, dangerous, deadly, fatal, incurable, life-threatening. ANTONYMS curable. 2 a malignant growth: cancerous; technical metastatic. ANTONYMS benign. 3 a malignant thought: spiteful, malicious, malevolent, evil-intentioned, vindictive, vengeful, malign, mean, nasty, hurtful, mischievous, wounding, cruel, unkind; informal bitchy, catty; literary malefic, maleficent. ANTONYMS benevolent.
malinger
malinger verb he was put on report for malingering: pretend to be ill, feign (an ) illness, fake (an ) illness; shirk; informal goof off.
malingerer
malingerer noun you won't find any whiners or malingerers in this outfit: shirker, idler, layabout, loafer; informal slacker, goof-off, goldbrick.
Oxford Thesaurus
malice
malice noun the malice of evil men who hated his good qualities: spitefulness, spite, malevolence, maliciousness, animosity, hostility, ill will, ill feeling, hatred, hate, bitterness, venom, vindictiveness, vengefulness, revenge, malignity, malignance, evil intentions, animus, enmity, devilment, devilry, bad blood, backbiting, gall, rancour, spleen, grudge; informal bitchiness, cattiness; literary maleficence. ANTONYMS benevolence.
malicious
malicious adjective he bore their malicious insults with dignity: spiteful, malevolent, hostile, bitter, venomous, poisonous, evil-intentioned, ill-natured, evil, baleful, vindictive, vengeful, vitriolic, rancorous, malign, malignant, pernicious, mean, nasty, harmful, hurtful, mischievous, destructive, wounding, cruel, unkind, defamatory; informal bitchy, catty; literary malefic, maleficent. ANTONYMS benevolent.
malign
malign verb he accused them of maligning an innocent man: defame, slander, libel, blacken someone's name /character, smear, run a smear campaign against, vilify, speak ill of, spread lies about, accuse falsely, cast aspersions on, run down, misrepresent, calumniate, traduce, denigrate, disparage, slur, derogate, abuse, revile; informal bad-mouth, knock, drag through the mud /mire, throw /sling /fling mud at, do a hatchet job on; Brit. informal rubbish, slag off; rare asperse, vilipend. ANTONYMS praise. ▶adjective a malign influence: harmful, evil, bad, baleful, hostile, inimical, destructive, malevolent, evil-intentioned, malignant, injurious, spiteful, malicious, vicious; literary malefic, maleficent. ANTONYMS beneficial. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD malign, defame, slander, libel, traduce All these verbs involve making unfair or damaging critical remarks about someone. ■ Malign is a non-legal term for making false or unjustifiable criticisms (teenagers are much maligned, but the support these youngsters gave was tremendous ). One can malign someone unintentionally (I could be maligning the lad —I haven't seen much of him ). ■ To defame someone is to make an unfair critical or accusatory remark about them which will damage their reputation, even if this is not the intention (he convinced the jurors that he had been defamed by the article ). ■ In legal usage, slander and libel are particular forms of defamation: to slander someone is to defame them in speech (they were accused of insulting and slandering the head of state ), whereas to libel someone is to defame them in written form, which is now taken to encompass any ‘permanent ’ form, including broadcasting and the Internet (Samuelson claims he was libelled in the same article ). ■ Traduce is a more literary term for the deliberate telling of damaging untruths (he is traducing his colleagues with his unsubstantiated accusations ).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.
malignant
malignant adjective 1 a malignant growth in her left kidney: cancerous, non-benign, metastatic. ANTONYMS benign. 2 a malignant disease: virulent, infectious, invasive, uncontrollable, dangerous, harmful, pernicious; deadly, fatal, life-threatening, lethal, terminal, incurable. 3 one of the most malignant glares she had ever seen: spiteful, hostile, malevolent, malicious, malign, evil-intentioned, baleful, full of hate, vicious, nasty, poisonous, venomous, acrimonious, rancorous, splenetic, cruel. ANTONYMS benevolent.
malinger
malinger verb the doctor alleged that the plaintiff was malingering: pretend to be ill, feign /fake illness, pretend to be an invalid, sham, shirk, skulk; informal put it on; Brit. informal skive, swing the lead; N. Amer. informal goldbrick.
malingerer
malingerer noun patients for whom no specific diagnosis can be made tend to be regarded as malingerers: shirker, slacker, idler, layabout; Brit. informal skiver, lead-swinger; N. Amer. informal gold brick.
Duden Dictionary
Mali
Ma li Substantiv, Neutrum |M a li |Malis Staat in Afrika
Malier
Ma li er Substantiv, maskulin , der |M a lier |Einwohnerbezeichnung zu Mali
Malierin
Ma li e rin Substantiv, feminin , die |M a lierin |weibliche Form zu Malier
maligne
ma li g ne , ma li gne Adjektiv Medizin |mal i gne |lateinisch malignus, zu: malus = schlecht, böse (besonders von Tumoren ) bösartig
Malignität
Ma li g ni tät, Ma li gni tät Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Malignit ä t |Bösartigkeit (z. B. einer Geschwulst ); Gegensatz Benignität
Malignom
Ma li g nom , Ma li gnom Substantiv, Neutrum Medizin , das |Malign o m |das Malignom; Genitiv: des Malignoms, Plural: die Malignome bösartige Geschwulst
Malimo
Ma li mo Substantiv, Neutrum , das |M a limo |das Malimo; Genitiv: des Malimos, Plural: die Malimos Kunstwort; nach dem deutschen Erfinder H. Ma uersberger (1909 –1982 ) aus Li mbach /Sachsen und Mo lton in Nähwirktechnik hergestelltes Gewebe z. B. für Dekorations- und Haustextilien
Malines
Ma lines Pluralwort , die |maˈlin |die Malines (Plural ) nach dem französischen Namen für die niederländischen Stadt Mechelen Klöppelspitzen mit Blumenmuster
Malinois
Ma li nois Substantiv, maskulin , der |…ˈno̯a |französisch ; vgl. Malines Schäferhund einer belgischen Rasse
malisch
ma lisch Adjektiv |m a lisch |Mali, die Malier betreffend
maliziös
ma li zi ös Adjektiv bildungssprachlich |malizi ö s |französisch malicieux < lateinisch malitiosus, zu: malitia = Arglist, zu: malus, Malus boshaft b
French Dictionary
malice
malice n. f. nom féminin Moquerie, raillerie sans méchanceté. : Elles plaisantent sans malice. SYNONYME espièglerie .
malicieusement
malicieusement adv. adverbe Avec malice. : Elle lui tira la langue malicieusement. SYNONYME espièglement .
malicieux
malicieux , ieuse adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin Espiègle, taquin. : Un regard malicieux. SYNONYME malin .
malien
malien , ienne adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin Du Mali. : Le drapeau malien. Un Malien, une Malienne. Note Typographique L ’adjectif s ’écrit avec une minuscule; le nom, avec une majuscule.
malignement
malignement adv. adverbe Avec malice, méchanceté. : Critiquer malignement une collègue.
malignité
malignité n. f. nom féminin 1 Méchanceté (d ’une personne ). 2 Nocivité (d ’une chose ). Degré de malignité. médecine Division d ’un système de classification des tumeurs basé sur les différences histologiques que présentent leurs cellules par rapport à des cellules normales du tissu d ’origine de la tumeur (GDT ). : Une tumeur cancéreuse de faible degré (et non *grade ), de degré intermédiaire, de degré élevé de malignité (DDFM ). SYNONYME degré .
malin
malin , maligne adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif 1 Rusé, astucieux. : Il est très malin. SYNONYME adroit ; futé ; habile ; ingénieux . Note Technique En ce sens, l ’adjectif a une connotation favorable et est souvent synonyme de fin, intelligent. 2 Qui prend plaisir à être méchant, à nuire. : Une joie maligne à voir les gens trébucher. SYNONYME malfaisant ; mauvais . 3 médecine Se dit d ’une tumeur, d ’une affection susceptible de se généraliser, souvent cancéreuse. ANTONYME bénin . nom masculin et féminin Personne rusée. : C ’est un petit malin: il a plus d ’un tour dans son sac. SYNONYME débrouillard ; roublard . Note Technique Attention à la forme féminine de ce mot: mali gne. LOCUTIONS Ce n ’est pas malin. familier Cela n ’est pas bien difficile. SYNONYME ce n ’est pas sorcier . C ’est malin. familier C ’est idiot (par antiphrase ), ce n ’est pas intelligent. Faire le malin. Fanfaronner. SYNONYME crâner .
malingre
malingre adj. adjectif Chétif. : Une fillette malingre. SYNONYME maigrelet ; maigrichon .
malintentionné
malintentionné , ée adj. adjectif Qui a de mauvaises intentions. : Des badauds malintentionnés. SYNONYME hostile ; malveillant . Note Orthographique malintentionné, en un seul mot.
Spanish Dictionary
malí
malí adjetivo 1 Relativo a Malí, país de África central, o a sus habitantes .SINÓNIMO maliense .2 adjetivo /nombre común [persona ] Que es de Malí .SINÓNIMO maliense .
malicia
malicia nombre femenino 1 Intención encubierta con que se dice o hace una cosa para beneficiarse en algo o perjudicar a alguien :un delito con alto grado de malicia; su mirada se estrecha con malicia; se comenta con malicia que es odiado por su actitud de sabelotodo; las intervenciones de muchos delegados estaban llenas de malicia y vacías de contenido .2 Cualidad de la persona maliciosa, que habla o actúa de manera encubierta para beneficiarse o perjudicar a alguien; se atribuye también a los animales :los cachorros de león o de tigre no tienen malicia cuando juegan .3 Actitud de la persona maliciosa, que atribuye mala intención a lo que dicen o hacen los demás :aquella vieja rara y miserable había venido a ser mirada por la malicia de las gentes ingenuas como un ser peligroso .4 Tendencia a ver mala intención en lo que dicen o hacen los demás :ese interés desmesurado que dicen que ven en él es solo malicia de la gente .5 Falta de ingenuidad, especialmente en cuestiones sexuales :explicaba chistes sin malicia; a esa edad los críos se besan sin malicia .6 malicias nombre femenino plural Sospecha o recelo :tengo mis malicias sobre el caso .
maliciar
maliciar verbo transitivo /verbo intransitivo 1 Pensar una cosa con malicia, sospechando algo oculto, inmoral, inconveniente, etc. :maliciaba alguna argucia para atraparlo .2 verbo transitivo Malear o pervertir . Conjugación [12 ] como cambiar .
malicioso, -sa
malicioso, -sa adjetivo 1 [persona ] Que habla o actúa con intención encubierta para beneficiarse en algo o perjudicar a alguien :era un ser malicioso y cruel .2 [persona ] Que tiende a ver mala intención en lo que dicen o hacen los demás :es muy malicioso, por eso cree que lo que digo tiene una doble intención .SINÓNIMO malpensado .3 Que implica o denota malicia :mirada maliciosa; sonrisa maliciosa; esa conducta es un vicio feo y estúpido, aunque menos dañino y malicioso que los otros .
maliense
maliense adjetivo 1 Relativo a Malí, país de África central, o a sus habitantes .2 adjetivo /nombre común [persona ] Que es de Malí .
malignidad
malignidad nombre femenino Cualidad de la persona o cosa maligna :la malignidad de sus actos; la malignidad de una enfermedad .ANTÓNIMO benignidad .
maligno, -na
maligno, -na adjetivo 1 [persona ] Que tiende a hacer daño y desea el mal de otras personas o se alegra de él .SINÓNIMO malo, malvado .ANTÓNIMO bueno, bondadoso .2 Que causa o produce un daño o un perjuicio :las plagas son malignas para las cosechas .SINÓNIMO malo, nocivo, perjudicial .3 Que tiene mala intención :mirada maligna; ademán maligno; rumor maligno .SINÓNIMO malicioso, malvado .4 [enfermedad, tumor ] Que tiene efectos dañinos o perjudiciales, tiende a empeorar progresivamente y presenta resistencia a cualquier tratamiento :la detección precoz es fundamental para que los tumores malignos puedan curarse a tiempo .ANTÓNIMO benigno .5 [fuerza, espíritu ] Que representa al mal y es entendido como representación del diablo :necesitaba protegerse de los espíritus malignos y para ello se servía de los ritos .6 nombre masculino Diablo (ser sobrenatural y espíritu que representa las fuerzas del mal ):la orina petrificada del gato cerval protegía a las desvirgadas de las acechanzas del maligno .En esta acepción suele escribirse con mayúscula .
malilla
malilla nombre femenino 1 Segunda carta de más valor en algunos juegos de naipes .2 nombre femenino Juego de naipes por parejas en el cual el nueve es el triunfo máximo .
malinchismo
malinchismo nombre masculino Méx Actitud de la persona malinchista .
malinchista
malinchista adjetivo /nombre común 1 Méx [persona ] Que da preferencia a las personas, costumbres o cosas extranjeras en detrimento de las nacionales :Paco es un malinchista, prefiere todo lo gringo a lo mexicano .2 Méx [persona ] Que adopta una actitud servil frente a lo extranjero .
malinké
malinké adjetivo /nombre común 1 [persona ] Que pertenece a un pueblo africano que habita en Malí y otros países de África occidental :los malinké son aproximadamente unos 250 000 individuos .2 adjetivo Relativo a este pueblo :sociedad malinké .El plural es malinké .
malintencionado, -da
malintencionado, -da (también escrito mal intencionado )adjetivo 1 [persona ] Que tiene mala intención en lo que hace o dice :propugnaba la supresión de intermediarios poco fiables o malintencionados .ANTÓNIMO bienintencionado .2 Que implica o denota mala intención :soportó las ironías malintencionadas de propios y extraños; tuvo que soportar las críticas y los comentarios malintencionados de quienes le acusaban de ser él mismo el autor de las pinturas .ANTÓNIMO bienintencionado .
malinterpretar
malinterpretar verbo transitivo Interpretar de forma incorrecta a una persona o lo que dice o hace :el ministro no quiere hacer declaraciones para que no le vuelvan a malinterpretar sus palabras .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
Mali
Ma li /mɑ́ːli /名詞 マリ 〘アフリカ西部の共和国; 首都Bamako 〙.
malice
mal ice /mǽlɪs /〖mal (悪い )ice (状態 )〗名詞 U 1 «…に対する » 悪意 , 敵意 «toward , against , to » ▸ without malice 悪意なしに ▸ bear A no malice ≒ bear no malice toward A A 〈人 〉に敵意を抱いていない 2 〘法 〙犯意 ▸ with malice aforethought 予謀 [計画的犯意 ]を持って
malicious
ma li cious /məlɪ́ʃəs /形容詞 more ～; most ～1 悪意のある ▸ malicious gossip 悪意のある陰口 2 〘法 〙故意の , 犯意のある ▸ malicious damage 故意による器物損壊 ～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞
malign
ma lign /məláɪn /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠(本当でないことを言って )〈人 〉をけなす, 中傷する .m ù ch mal í gned 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗(不当に )厳しい非難をあびた (!much-malignedとも書く ) .形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗有害な .～ly 副詞
malignancy
ma lig nan cy /məlɪ́ɡnənsi /名詞 複 -cies 1 C 〘医 〙悪性腫瘍 （しゆよう ）, 悪性 .2 U ｟かたく ｠強い憎悪, 悪意 .
malignant
ma lig nant /məlɪ́ɡnənt /形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗〘医 〙悪性の 〈腫瘍 （しゆよう ）病気など 〉(↔benign )▸ a malignant tumor [cell ]悪性腫瘍 [細胞 ]2 ｟かたく ｠悪意 [敵意 ]のある , 悪質な (!malicious, malevolentより強い意味で ) ; 有害な ▸ a malignant look 悪意に満ちた視線 ～ly 副詞
malignity
ma lig ni ty /məlɪ́ɡnəti /名詞 複 -ties 1 U 悪意 ; 怨恨 （えんこん ）.2 C 悪意から出た行動 .
malinger
ma lin ger /məlɪ́ŋɡə r /動詞 自動詞 ｟非難して ｠〖通例be ～ing 〗(仕事から逃れるために )仮病を使う .～er 名詞
The Wordsmith Dictionary