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are maligning

  • present progressive
    of malign.
    malign
    verb (used with object)
    to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame.

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"Now you are maligning yourself," he said, smiling.

From December Love by Robert Smythe Hichens

You are maligning the most honourable man in Pesth, a member of the most illustrious family.

From By Wit of Woman by Arthur W. (Arthur Williams) Marchmont

"Perhaps we are maligning the girl," said Dora.

From Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers by Alice B. Emerson

You know, and I know that you know, that I am The Company up North which you are maligning here in The Hollow.

From A Son of the Hills by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock