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Webster 1913 Edition
Malicious
1.
Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity.
I grant him bloody, . . .
Sudden,
That has a name.
Sudden,
malicious
, smacking of every sinThat has a name.
Shakespeare
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
actMalicious abandonment
, the desertion of a wife or husband without just cause.
Burrill.
– Malicious prosecution
or
Malicious 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
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Malicious
MALI'CIOUS
,Adj.
I grant him bloody,
Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin
That has a name.
1.
Proceeding from extreme hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as a malicious report.Definition 2024
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English
Alternative forms
- malitious (obsolete)
Adjective
malicious (comparative more malicious, superlative most malicious)
- Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
- spiteful and deliberately harmful
- He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.
Synonyms
- malevolent
- evil
- See also Wikisaurus:evil
Derived terms
Translations
Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
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Deliberately harmful; spiteful