Main entry: drag through the mud, traduce, malign, badmouth
Definition: speak unfavorably about
Usage: She badmouths her husband everywhere
Main entry: malefic, malevolent, malign, evil
Definition: having or exerting a malignant influence
Usage: malevolent stars; a malefic force
Main entry: malign
Definition: evil or harmful in nature or influence
Usage: prompted by malign motives; believed in witches and malign spirits; gave him a malign look; a malign lesion