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maliciousadjective
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maliciousadjective
Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
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maliciousadjective
Deliberately harmful; spiteful
He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.
Synonyms:
malevolent, evil
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maliciousadjective
having the nature of or resulting from malice
«malicious gossip»; «took malicious pleasure in…watching me wince»- Rudyard Kipling
Antonyms:
unmalicious
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List of paraphrases for «malicious»:
malevolent, malevolence, malignant, ill-intentioned, vicious, intentional, mischievous, evil, wicked, untrusted, harmful, sleepless, pernicious
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Kevin Nolten:
Cybersecurity education is a national security issue and we must educate our country on protecting our most critical infrastructure from malicious attacks.
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Albert Einstein:
The Lord God is subtle, but malicious He is not.
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Stephen Tomlinson:
She is not holding the gun in a malicious manner, she is not pointing it anywhere. It’s to me, in my opinion, a nice photograph of a young lady in the Adirondack region that enjoys hunting.
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Marco Rubio:
As Palestinian terrorists continue to murder and maim Israelis, the Obama administration is spreading malicious falsehoods about the attacks.
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Ryan Pack:
Only malicious people make trouble out of harmless things.
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- злостен, злобенBulgarian
- maliciósCatalan, Valencian
- zlomyslný, záludný, škodolibýCzech
- böse, boshaftGerman
- κακόβουλος, κακεντρεχής, μοχθηρός, κακοήθηςGreek
- malicaEsperanto
- malignoSpanish
- مخربPersian
- malveillant, mauvaisFrench
- दुर्भावनापूर्णHindi
- նենգArmenian
- jahatIndonesian
- malignaIdo
- malizioso, malevole, cattivo, dolosoItalian
- 悪意Japanese
- malignisLatin
- whakakinokino, hīkaka, waniwaniMāori
- boos, kwaadaardig, kwaadDutch
- ondsinnetNorwegian
- malicioso, maldosoPortuguese
- malitiosRomanian
- злой, злобный, злонамеренный, злоумышленный, злостныйRussian
- mȁliciōzan, zlonámjēran, zlȍbanSerbo-Croatian
- ond, maliciös, elak, uppsåtligSwedish
- шкідливийUkrainian
- độc hạiVietnamese
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On this page you’ll find 120 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to malicious, such as: malevolent, malignant, mischievous, nasty, pernicious, and petty.
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Malicious persons in the town even declared that the lamented Torvestad had got his wife in a lottery at Christiansfeldt.
SKIPPER WORSEALEXANDER LANGE KIELLAND
Malicious tongues went so far as to assert that he secretly and stealthily sold his handiwork.
THE DUELA. I. KUPRIN
Malicious fate had assigned to the most diffident individual in the company the trying responsibility of leading the way.
THE QUEEN OF HEARTSWILKIE COLLINS
Malicious reports were also spread against them, which must have been almost harder to bear.
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WORDS RELATED TO MALICIOUS
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