What does malicious mean?
Definitions for malicious
məˈlɪʃ əsma·li·cious
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word malicious.
Princeton's WordNet
malicious(adj)
having the nature of or resulting from malice
"malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling
Wiktionary
malicious(Adjective)
Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
Etymology: From malitiosus, from malitia, from malus.
malicious(Adjective)
Deliberately harmful; spiteful
He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.
Etymology: From malitiosus, from malitia, from malus.
Webster Dictionary
Malicious(adj)
indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity
Malicious(adj)
proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief
Malicious(adj)
with wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act
Freebase
Malicious
Malicious is a 1996 American thriller film starring Molly Ringwald and Patrick McGaw. The plot follows a star college baseball player who has a fling with a disturbed woman who begins to stalk him. The film's main character has been discussed by psychiatrists and film experts, and has been used as a film illustration for the psychiatric entity known as borderline personality disorder.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of malicious in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of malicious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of malicious in a Sentence
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.
Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shop-talk of the scientist, and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual. It begins in the nursery and ends when speech is past.
Recent events underscore the need to accelerate the Administration’s cyber strategy and confront aggressive, persistent malicious actors that continue to target our nation’s cyber infrastructure.
These cuts in the Trump budget aren't a tightening of the belt ... They are extreme to a level that is malicious, a level that is intended to do harm.
Galcomm is not involved, and not in complicity with any malicious activity whatsoever.
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- злобен, злостенBulgarian
- maliciósCatalan, Valencian
- zlomyslný, škodolibý, záludnýCzech
- boshaft, böseGerman
- κακόβουλος, κακεντρεχής, κακοήθης, μοχθηρόςGreek
- malicaEsperanto
- malignoSpanish
- مخربPersian
- malveillant, mauvaisFrench
- दुर्भावनापूर्णHindi
- նենգArmenian
- jahatIndonesian
- malignaIdo
- doloso, cattivo, malizioso, malevoleItalian
- 悪意Japanese
- malignisLatin
- waniwani, whakakinokino, hīkakaMāori
- boos, kwaad, kwaadaardigDutch
- ondsinnetNorwegian
- malicioso, maldosoPortuguese
- malitiosRomanian
- злобный, злостный, злоумышленный, злонамеренный, злойRussian
- zlȍban, mȁliciōzan, zlonámjēranSerbo-Croatian
- uppsåtlig, elak, maliciös, ondSwedish
- шкідливийUkrainian
- độc hạiVietnamese
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