malicious
Use Malicious in a sentence
əs adjective
1.
full of, characterized by, or showing malice; malevolent; spiteful: malicious gossip.
2.
Law. vicious, wanton, or mischievous in motivation or purpose.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | characterized by malice |
| 2. | motivated by wrongful, vicious, or mischievous purposes |
| ma'liciously | |
| —adv | |
| ma'liciousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
malicious
early 13c., from O.Fr. malicius "showing ill will," from L. malitiosus "wicked, malicious," from malitia "badness, ill will, spite," from malus "bad" (see mal-). In legal use (early 14c., Anglo-Fr.), it means "characterized by malice prepense." Related: Maliciously; maliciousness.
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Example sentences
Some people are just malicious I suppose.
Climate may be fickle, but it's rarely that malicious.
Disinformation is malicious, and is designed to protect and increase industry profits at the expense of sane public policy.
The browser could then be tricked into sending secure messages to both the legitimate server and the malicious proxy.
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