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malicious

[muh-lish-uhs]

adjective

  1. full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful.

    malicious gossip.

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



malicious

/ əˈɪʃə /

adjective

  1. characterized by malice

  2. motivated by wrongful, vicious, or mischievous purposes

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • maliciously adverb
  • maliciousness noun
  • nonmalicious adjective
  • nonmaliciously adverb
  • semimalicious adjective
  • semimaliciously adverb
  • unmalicious adjective
  • unmaliciously adverb
  • ˈdzܲ adverb
  • ˈdzܲԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of malicious1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English malicius, from Old French, from Latin پōܲ; malice, -ous
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The next year, the Colonies defendants sued the county for allegedly engaging in “retaliatory, malicious, or politically motivated investigations and prosecutions, including failed criminal action against the various plaintiffs.”

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The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, accuses Habba of false arrest, malicious prosecution, and defamation and says that the attorney “acted as a political operative, outside of any function intimately related to the judicial process.”

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The second is two counts of causing unlawful and malicious GBH with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

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Clark said after the game that she “wasn’t trying to do anything malicious.”

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A second power outage in two days his hit the French Riviera region after a fire at a substation in Nice overnight, which authorities said was caused by a malicious act.

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