malicious
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English malicious, from Old French malicios, from Latin malitiōsus, from malitia ("malice"), from malus ("bad").
Pronunciation Adjectivemalicious
- Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.
- Synonyms: evil, maleficent, malevolent, Thesaurus:evil
- He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.
- 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC ↗, page 169 ↗:
- They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder.
- French: malveillant
- German: böse, boshaft, maliziös, böswillig, bösartig
- Italian: doloso, cattivo, malizioso, malevole
- Portuguese: malicioso, maldoso
- Russian: злой
- Spanish: maligno
- French: mauvais
- Russian: злоумы́шленный
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