Word: malignment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ma
lign
ment
Definition: The act of maligning something.
Morphemes:
Affix: malign
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: malus
Language: la
Decoded: malus
Meaning: bad
Affix: genus
Language: la
Decoded: genus
Meaning: sort, kind
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.