The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ASPERSE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Malign crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ASPERSE | 21 % | 7 |
| DEFAME | 16 % | 6 |
| SMEAR | 12 % | 5 |
| VILIFY | 11 % | 6 |
| ABUSE | 7 % | 5 |
| SLANDER | 7 % | 7 |
| EVIL | 5 % | 4 |
| REVILE | 4 % | 6 |
| SLUR | 4 % | 4 |
| TRADUCE | 4 % | 7 |
| LIBEL | 4 % | 5 |
| ABASE | 2 % | 5 |
| STIGMATIZE | 2 % | 10 |
| WRONG | 2 % | 5 |
| IMPUGN | 2 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Malign
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- malefic
- evil
- maleficent
- malevolent
- malignant
- badmouth
- traduce
- harmful
- injurious
- drag through the mud
- malicious
- sinister
Crossword Answer definitions
ASPERSE verb- To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
- To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ASPERSE
- Spread false charges against
- Spread slander
- Cast slander at
- Denigrate
- Denigrate through insinuation
- Slander
- Bad-mouth
- Sully
- Baptize
- Malign
More clues leading to the result DEFAME
- Do a hatchet job
- Libel or slander
- Vilify
- Malign
- Discredit
- Slander
- Do some mudslinging
- Accuse falsely
- Sling mud at
- Backbite
More clues leading to the result SMEAR
- Vilify during a campaign
- Libel
- Mess up the makeup
- Bad mouth
- Talk shit about
- ___ campaign
- Tarnish
- Apply Vaseline
- Besmirch
- Blurry mess
More clues leading to the result VILIFY
More clues leading to the result ABUSE
- Badmouth
- Willful destruction
- Take for granted
- Maltreatment
- Bad treatment
- Treat harmfully
- Battery, e.g.
- Mistreatment
- Mistreat
- Treat scandalously
More clues leading to the result SLANDER
- Debase
- Falsely malign
- Defame
- Smear with mud, say
- Actionable words
- Defamation
- Defamation of a sort
- Dirt, so to speak
- Bad-mouth
- Libel's spoken equivalent
More clues leading to the result EVIL
- Agatha Christie's "___ Under the Sun"
- Beyond bad
- Dark forces
- Doctor opposing Austin Powers
- Like Lucifer
- Like some spirits
- Mean business
- Satanic
- Sinister
- Wicked
More clues leading to the result REVILE
- Sail into
- Verbally abuse
- Attack verbally
- Say mean things about
- Speak badly of
- Disparage
- Use opprobrious language on
- Abhor
- Malign
- Hit on, in a way
More clues leading to the result SLUR
- Aspersion
- Pronounce indistinctly
- Disparage
- Calumny
- Bad-mouth
- Cast aspersions on
- Insulting words
- N-bomb, e.g.
- Sound like you've had a few too many
- Speak indistinctly
More clues leading to the result TRADUCE
More clues leading to the result LIBEL
- Defame in print
- Defame in writing
- Type of suit
- Material for a then-record £8,000 Liberace suit in 1959
- Absence of Malice topic
- Smear in ink
- Smear in print
- Defamation
- Calumny's kin
- What Wilde sued the marquess of Queensberry for