Hit
Maligned
Both words in one sentence
- He made his Hollywood debut in 1998 with Urban Legend, which was maligned by critics but proved to be a solid hit.
- Sonic Unleashed gets hit especially by this hard from IGN and GameSpot's (quite unfair) reviews, which made it all the more ridiculous when Sonic Unleashed got worse reviews from those sites than the much-maligned Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).
Source: Critical Backlash
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Maligned and Hit. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/maligned
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Maligned or Hit. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/maligned.
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