The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DEFAMES , but the solution may also be ASPERSES which is one of the most recent solution (2010 in Newsday).
Maligns crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEFAMES | 31 % | 7 |
| ASPERSES | 25 % | 8 |
| WRONGS | 13 % | 6 |
| SMEARS | 13 % | 6 |
| SLURS | 6 % | 5 |
| LIBELS | 6 % | 6 |
| TRADUCES | 6 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Maligns
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
- smears
- impugns
Crossword Answer definitions
DEFAMES verb- To disgrace; to bring into disrepute.
- To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence.
- To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage.
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 DEFAMES
- Casts aspersions on
- Maligns
- Discredits
- Vilifies
- Puts down
- Publicly attacks
- Traduces.
- Slanders.
- Calumniates.
- Libels.
More clues leading to the result ASPERSES
More clues leading to the result WRONGS
- Treats unjustly
- Mistreats
- Injustices
- Two don't make a right
- Harms
- Treats unfairly
- Legal injuries
- Treats unjustly.
- Crying evils.
- Maligns
More clues leading to the result SMEARS
- Microscope-slide samples
- Lopsided victories
- Faulty applications?
- Bad-mouths
- Campaign materials?
- Slanders
- Campaign mud
- Defamations
- Vilifies
- Defames
More clues leading to the result SLURS
- Casts aspersions on
- Speaks indistinctly
- Maligns
- Aspersions
- Fails to enunciate
- Puts down
- Pronounces indistinctly
- Defames
- Utters indistinctly
- Discredits
More clues leading to the result LIBELS
- Speaks ill of
- Smears
- Puts down in writing?
- Puts down in print?
- Risks a lawsuit, in a way
- Abuses freedom of the press, perhaps
- Prints lies about
- Defames in print
- Maligns
- Defames in writing