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Grammar : Noun
Spell : muh-lahyn
Phonetic Transcription : məˈlaɪn



Definition of maligner

Origin :
  • early 15c., agent noun from malign (v.).
  • As in liar : noun person who tells falsehood
  • As in niggler : noun critic
  • As in nitpicker : noun critic
  • As in perjurer : noun liar
  • As in prevaricator : noun liar
  • As in quibbler : noun critic
  • As in critic : noun faultfinder, detractor
Example sentences :
  • The author of the Suite de Merlin seems to have been her first maligner.
  • Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 » by George Saintsbury
  • Instead, it is too often a treacherous spy, a maligner and falsifier.
  • Extract from : « Mal Moule » by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
  • He forgives your maligner, and slanders you with all his heart.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • But I denounce him as a calumniator of my country; a maligner of this nation.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 9 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • She had saved her maligner's life, but courage deserted her with the act.
  • Extract from : « Graustark » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • It would be quite superfluous to follow this maligner in the details of this, and a subsequent attack in an agricultural journal.
  • Extract from : « Jethro Wood, Inventor of the Modern Plow. » by Frank Gilbert
  • Slowly they turned their heads to look at the fence, upon the other side of which stood the maligner of their eyes.
  • Extract from : « Gentle Julia » by Booth Tarkington
  • She proves her innocence by going before the king and swearing that her maligner has stolen one of her golden slippers.
  • Extract from : « Filipino Popular Tales » by Dean S. Fansler

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