malicious

  • 21malicious — ma|li|cious [ mə lıʃəs ] adjective unkind and showing a strong feeling of wanting to hurt someone: malicious gossip/rumors ╾ ma|li|cious|ly adverb …

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  • 22malicious — adjective showing a desire to harm or hurt someone: malicious gossip maliciously adverb maliciousness noun (U) …

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  • 23malicious — adjective their malicious cousin Charles would mysteriously disappear at sea Syn: spiteful, malevolent, evil intentioned, vindictive, vengeful, malign, mean, nasty, hurtful, mischievous, wounding, cruel, unkind; informal bitchy, catty; literary… …

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  • 24malicious — UK [məˈlɪʃəs] / US adjective unkind and showing a strong feeling of wanting to hurt someone malicious gossip/rumours Derived word: maliciously adverb …

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  • 25Malicious (horse) — Malicious Sire Omar Khayyam Grandsire Marco Dam Ridicule Damsire Black Jester Sex Gelding Fo …

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  • 26Malicious (video game) — MALICIOUS Developer(s) Alvion Publisher(s) Alvion Platform(s) …

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  • 27malicious prosecution — n: the tort of initiating a criminal prosecution or civil suit against another party with malice and without probable cause; also: an action for damages based on this tort brought after termination of the proceedings in favor of the party seeking …

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  • 28Malicious abandonment — Malicious Ma*li cious, a. [Of. malicius, F. malicieux, fr. L. malitiosus. See {Malice}.] 1. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity. [1913 Webster] I grant him bloody, . . . Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a …

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  • 29Malicious arrest — Malicious Ma*li cious, a. [Of. malicius, F. malicieux, fr. L. malitiosus. See {Malice}.] 1. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity. [1913 Webster] I grant him bloody, . . . Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a …

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  • 30Malicious prosecution — Malicious Ma*li cious, a. [Of. malicius, F. malicieux, fr. L. malitiosus. See {Malice}.] 1. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity. [1913 Webster] I grant him bloody, . . . Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a …

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