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ma·li·cious

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–adjective

1.	full of, characterized by, or showing malice; malevolent; spiteful: malicious gossip.

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

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME malicius < OF < L malitiōsus. See malice, -ous

]

—Related forms

ma·li·cious·ly, adverb

ma·li·cious·ness, noun

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ma·li·cious Audio Help (mə-lĭsh'əs) Pronunciation Key
adj. Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.

ma·li'cious·ly adv., ma·li'cious·ness n.

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malicious
adjective
having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling [ant: unmalicious]

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malˈicious [-ʃəs] adjective

Example: She took a malicious pleasure in hurting others.

Arabic:	حَقود، خَبيث، ماكِر
Chinese (Simplified):	有恶意的
Chinese (Traditional):	有惡意的
Czech:	zlomyslný
Danish:	ondskabsfuld
Dutch:	kwaadaardig
Estonian:	õel
Finnish:	vahingoniloinen
French:	méchant
German:	boshaft
Greek:	μοχθηρός
Hungarian:	rosszindulatú
Icelandic:	illgjarn, meinfÿsinn
Indonesian:	jahat
Italian:	malevolo

Japanese:	意地悪な
Korean:	악의가 있는
Latvian:	ļaunprātīgs; ļauns
Lithuanian:	piktas, piktavališkas
Norwegian:	ondsinnet, hatefull
Polish:	złośliwy
Portuguese (Brazil):	maldoso
Portuguese (Portugal):	maldoso
Romanian:	răutăcios
Russian:	злобный
Slovak:	zlomyseľný
Slovenian:	zloben
Spanish:	malicioso
Swedish:	illvillig
Turkish:	kötü niyetli

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Malicious

Ma*li"cious\, a. [Of. malicius, F. malicieux, fr. L. malitiosus. See Malice.]

1. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity.

I grant him bloody, . . . Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a name. --Shak.

2. Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief.

3. (Law)With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act.

Malicious abandonment, the desertion of a wife or husband without just cause. --Burrill.

Malicious mischief (Law), malicious injury to the property of another; -- an offense at common law. --Wharton.

Malicious prosecution or arrest (Law), a wanton prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable cause. --Bouvier.

Syn: Ill-disposed; evil-minded; mischievous; envious; malevolent; invidious; spiteful; bitter; malignant; rancorous; malign. -- Ma*li"cious*ly, adv. -- Ma*li"cious*ness, n.

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