What is "malicious" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does malicious mean in English? Meaning of malicious definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "malicious" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "malicious": having the nature of or resulting from malice

Adjective

Meaning: having the nature of or resulting from malice

Example: malicious gossip took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince

Synonyms: malicious

Antonyms: unmalicious

Similar: beady-eyed bitchy cattish catty despiteful leering malevolent poisonous spiteful venomed venomous vicious vindictive vixenish

Adjective: Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spitespiteful and deliberately harmful He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.

Synonyms:

vengeful, petty, spiteful, vicious, pernicious, mischievous, malignant, virulent, nasty, wicked, venomous, malevolent, awful, baleful, beastly, bitter, catty, deleterious, detrimental, envious, evil, evil-minded, green, green-eyed, gross, injurious, jealous, low, malign, mean, noxious, ornery, poisonous, despiteful, rancorous, resentful, bad-natured, cussed, ill-disposed, uncool,

Antonyms:

forgiving, useful, helpful, loving, pleasing, friendly, kind, pleasant, harmless, moral, assisting, benevolent, liking, gentle, good, nice, decent, aiding, likeable, sympathetic, thoughtful,

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