maligner

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noun

Someone who maligns

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Meanings

nounmaligner (plural maligners)

plural maligners

  1. Someone who maligns

Synonyms & antonyms

nounone who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel

Similar
defamerslanderervilifierlibelerbackbitertraducer
Broader
detractordisparagerdepreciator
Also see
backbiterdefamerlibelerslanderertraducervilifier

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From malign + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with maligner

designerminorlinerminerdinerSteinerfinerReinersignershinernineralignerdivinerassignerconsignernonminornonsignerponcho linerresignersemiminorsubminor
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Anagrams

germinalGlanmireMalingremalinger
Cite this entry
APA

maligner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maligner

MLA

“maligner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maligner. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maligner,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maligner.

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