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Meaning of Malicious

Done with malice (g. v.)

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Synonyms of Malicious

adjective

acrimonious
antagonistic
brutal
cruel
demoniac
demoniacal
destructive
diabolic
diabolical
evil
evilminded
feral
ferocious
harmful
hateful
hostile
illdisposed
illnatured
invidious
invidus
malefic
maleficent
maleficial
malevolent
malevolus
malignant
merciless
mischievous
ornery
pernicious
relentless
resentful
ruthless
savage
spiteful
treacherous
truculent
unfeeling
venemous
vicious
vindictive
virulent
wanton
wicked Associated Concepts: malicious mischief
malicious prosecutionforeign phrases: Malitiis hominum est obviandum
The malicious designs of men must be thwarted

Grammar

This term is an adjetive.

Etimology of Malicious

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early 13c., from Old French malicios “showing ill will, spiteful, wicked” (Modern French malicieux), from Latin malitiosus “wicked, malicious,” from malitia “badness, ill will, spite,” from malus “bad, unpleasant” (see mal-). In legal use (early 14c., Anglo-French), it means “characterized by malice prepense.”

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