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adjective
- 1. characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm: "he was found guilty of malicious damage"
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MALICIOUS definition: 1. intended to harm or upset other people: 2. intended to cause damage to a computer system, or to…. Learn more.
The meaning of MALICIOUS is having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice. How to use malicious in a sentence. Malicious, Malevolent, and Malice
If you describe someone's words or actions as malicious, you mean that they are intended to harm people or their reputation, or cause them embarrassment and upset. That might merely have been malicious gossip.
Someone who is malicious enjoys hurting or embarrassing others. If you're writing a book about good and evil, you'll want to come up with a truly malicious character to do all the bad stuff. Malicious is the adjective based on the noun malice, which means the desire to harm others.
/məˈlɪʃəs/ having or showing a desire to harm somebody or hurt their feelings, caused by a feeling of hate synonym malevolent, spiteful. malicious gossip/lies/rumours. He took malicious pleasure in telling me what she had said. Extra Examples. Topics Personal qualities c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?
Malicious definition: full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful. See examples of MALICIOUS used in a sentence.
MALICIOUS meaning: 1. intended to harm or upset other people: 2. intended to cause damage to a computer system, or to…. Learn more.
MALICIOUS definition: 1. intended to harm or upset someone: 2. Malicious software or computer programs are designed to…. Learn more.
malicious meaning, definition, what is malicious: very unkind and cruel, and deliberately ...: Learn more.
adj. 1. Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip. 2. Law Done with malice. ma·li′cious·ly adv. ma·li′cious·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
