0 to say unpleasant things about (someone or something), especially without reason -- pomlouvat
He’s always maligning his wife when she isn’t there.
In many respects the railways run an excellent service and are much maligned.
Privatisation has been much attacked, maligned and misrepresented.
I am not going to say that he has maligned the workers, for he has admitted that it was the minority to whom he referred.
The boards have been somewhat maligned in some of our debates so far.
I think that the area cost adjustment is much maligned and fully justified.
We have travelled the road of peace with him, maligned and attacked from many quarters.
He was much maligned when it was suggested that he was instrumental in closing down the industry.
He said he was not going to stand slandering and maligning of the workers.
