Definitions for malicious
məˈlɪʃ əsma·li·cious

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. malicious(adj)

   having the nature of or resulting from malice

   "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. malicious(Adjective)

   Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite

   Etymology: From malitiosus, from malitia, from malus.

2. malicious(Adjective)

   Deliberately harmful; spiteful

   He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.

   Etymology: From malitiosus, from malitia, from malus.

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1. Malicious(adj)

   indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity

2. Malicious(adj)

   proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief

3. Malicious(adj)

   with wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act

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1. 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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1. malicious

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How to pronounce malicious?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of malicious in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of malicious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of malicious in a Sentence

1. 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.

2. Phyllis McGinley:

   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.

3. White House:

   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.

4. House Budget Committee:

   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.

5. Moshe Fogel:

   Galcomm is not involved, and not in complicity with any malicious activity whatsoever.

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