malicious

[ muh-lish-uh s ]

/ məˈlɪʃ əs /

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adjective

full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.

Law. vicious, wanton, or mischievous in motivation or purpose.

Origin of malicious

1175–1225; Middle English malicius < Old French < Latin malitiōsus. See malice, -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM malicious

ma·li·cious·ly, adverb ma·li·cious·ness, noun non·ma·li·cious, adjective non·ma·li·cious·ly, adverb

non·ma·li·cious·ness, noun sem·i·ma·li·cious, adjective sem·i·ma·li·cious·ly, adverb sem·i·ma·li·cious·ness, noun un·ma·li·cious, adjective un·ma·li·cious·ly, adverb

Words nearby malicious

malibu board, malic, malic acid, malice, malice aforethought, malicious, malicious mischief, malign, malignancy, malignant, malignant anemia

Example sentences from the Web for malicious

"Malicious destruction of property" could probably be proved without Tiger's testimony.

Was Tiger a Victim? |Wendy Murphy |November 30, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Malicious Fate, too, they felt, would even crown with the grand prix the number they would have chosen.

The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes |Israel Zangwill
Malicious tongues have whispered that he has painted her picture, that he has good-humouredly let her reap the honour of his toil.

August Strindberg, the Spirit of Revolt |L. (Lizzy) Lind-af-Hageby
“These two were name-brothers, and loved as though they were brothers by blood,” said Malicious Gossip.

White Shadows in the South Seas |Frederick O'Brien

Malicious reports were also spread against them, which must have been almost harder to bear.

A Book of Quaker Saints |Lucy Violet Hodgkin
Malicious fate does oft devise To beat the brave, and fool the wise.

The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) |Theophilus Cibber

British Dictionary definitions for malicious

malicious

/ (məˈlɪʃəs) /

adjective

characterized by malice

motivated by wrongful, vicious, or mischievous purposes

Derived forms of malicious

maliciously, adverb maliciousness, noun

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