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malicious Definition


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malicious
adj
    1. Feeling, or motivated by, hatred or by a desire to cause harm.
    2. Deliberately vicious, spiteful or cruel.
      Thesaurus: spiteful, vengeful, vindictive, pernicious, hateful, vicious, baleful, catty; Antonym: benevolent, well-meaning.
Derivative: maliciously
adverb
    Derivative: maliciousness
    noun
      Etymology: 13c: French, from malice.



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