The verb malign has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud -- (speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband everywhere")
Overview of adj malign
The adj malign has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) malign -- (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")
2. malefic, malevolent, malign, evil -- (having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force")