Malicious definition

Malicious

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adjective

(1) Having the nature of or resulting from malice

"Malicious gossip"

"Took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling

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Etymology

From malitiosus, from malitia meaning "malice", from malus meaning "bad"

Adjective

Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
Deliberately harmful; spiteful

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