Word: maligned
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: ma
ligned
Definition: Assailed with contemptuous language
Morphemes:
Affix: malign
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: malus
Language: la
Decoded: malus
Meaning: bad
Affix: genus
Language: la
Decoded: genus
Meaning: sort, kind
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.