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malicious

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ma·li·cious  (m-lshs)
adj.
Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.

ma·licious·ly adv.
ma·licious·ness n.

malicious [məˈlɪʃəs]
adj
1. characterized by malice
2. motivated by wrongful, vicious, or mischievous purposes
maliciously  adv
maliciousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.malicious - having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling
unmalicious - not malicious or spiteful

malicious
Translations
malicious [məˈlɪʃəs]
A. ADJ [person, remark] → malicioso
B. CPD malicious damage N (Jur) → daños mpl intencionados
malicious libel Ndifamación f intencionada, calumnia f intencionada

malicious [məˈlɪʃəs] adj
[person] → méchant(e), malveillant(e)
[rumour, allegation, phone call] → malveillant(e)
a malicious rumour → une rumeur malveillante
malicious gossip → médisances fpl
It was just malicious gossip → Ce n'était que médisances.

malicious
adj
person, wordsboshaft; behaviourbösartig, böswillig; letter, phone callbedrohend; crimegemein, arglistig; actionböswillig
(Jur) damagemutwillig, böswillig; with malicious intentin böswilliger Absicht

malicious [məˈlɪʃəs] adjcattivo/a, malevolo/a (Law) → doloso/a
malicious gossip → malignità fpl
malicious [məˈlɪʃəs] adjcattivo/a, malevolo/a (Law) → doloso/a
malicious gossip → malignità fpl

malicious خبيث zlomyslný ondsindet böswillig κακόβουλος malicioso ilkeä méchant zlonamjeran malvagio 悪意のある 악의 있는 kwaadwillig ondskapsfull złośliwy malicioso злой illvillig มุ่งร้าย kötü niyetli hiểm độc 恶毒的


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This lady was now somewhat past the age of thirty, an aera at which, in the opinion of the malicious, the title of old maid may with no impropriety be assumed.
That Himmalehan, salt-sea Mastodon, clothed with such portentousness of unconscious power, that his very panics are more to be dreaded than his most fearless and malicious assaults
And I quickly learned to be afraid of him and his malicious pranks.
 
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