Definition of Malicious

1. Adjective. Having the nature of or resulting from malice. "Took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"


Definition of Malicious

1. a. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity.

Definition of Malicious

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite ¹

2. Adjective. Deliberately harmful; spiteful ¹

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Definition of Malicious

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Malicious

1. 1. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity. "I grant him bloody, . . . Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a name." (Shak) 2. Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief. 3. With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act. Malicious abandonment, the desertion of a wife or husband without just cause. Malicious mischief, a wanton prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable cause. Synonym: Ill-disposed, evil-minded, mischievous, envious, malevolent, invidious, spiteful, bitter, malignant, rancorous, malign. Maliciously, Maliciousness. Origin: Of. Malicius, F. Malicieux, fr. L. Malitiosus. See Malice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malicious

malic
malic acid
malic acid dehydrogenase
malic dehydrogenase
malic enzyme
malice
malice aforethought
malice prepense
maliced
maliceful
maliceless
malices
malicho
malichos
malicing
malicious (current term)
malicious gossip
malicious mischief
malicious prosecution
maliciously
maliciousness
maliciousnesses
maliferous
malign
malignance
malignances
malignancies
malignancy
malignancy and immunodeficiency
malignant

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