malign

To make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about (someone).

Evil or harmful in nature or effect.

Intending or threatening harm or ill will; malevolent.

To treat with extreme enmity; injure maliciously.

To speak evil of; traduce; defame; vilify.

Synonyms Defame, Calumniate, etc. See asperse.

To entertain malice.

Having a very evil disposition toward others; harboring violent hatred or enmity; malicious.

Unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; likely to do or cause great harm: as, the malign influence of a designing knave.

In astrology, having an evil influence.