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malicious

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FromMiddle Englishmalicious, fromOld Frenchmalicios, fromLatinmalitiōsus, frommalitia(malice), frommalus(bad). Displaced nativeMiddle Englishivelwilled andivelwilly(malicious), related toOld Englishyfelwillende(literallyevil-willing).

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malicious (comparativemoremalicious,superlativemostmalicious)

  1. Intending to doharm; characterized byspite andmalice.
    Synonyms:evil,maleficent,malevolent;see alsoThesaurus:evil
    He was sent off for amalicious tackle on Jones.
    • 1961 November 10,Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, inCatch-22 [], New York, N.Y.:Simon and Schuster,→OCLC,page169:
      They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him inmalicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder.

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