malign

Adjective

• having or exerting a malignant influence
  • malevolent stars
    
  • a malefic force
    

• evil or harmful in nature or influence
  • prompted by malign motives
    
  • believed in witches and malign spirits
    
  • gave him a malign look
    
  • a malign lesion
    

Verb

• speak unfavorably about
  • She badmouths her husband everywhere
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  malefic , malevolent , evil , badmouth , traduce , drag through the mud
• Antonyms: 
  benign , benignant