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| 1. | [ adjective ] having the nature of or resulting from malice | |
| Examples: | "malicious gossip" "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling |
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| Related terms: | unmalicious leering despiteful vixenish | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred | |
| Synonyms: | malevolent | |
| Examples: | "a gossipy malevolent old woman" "failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful" |
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| Related terms: | benevolent poisonous beady-eyed venomed bitchy hateful malign maleficent malevolence | |
| Similar spelling: |
maliciously Maliszewski |
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