malicious

  • 71malicious prosecution — noun law : the bringing of a civil or criminal proceeding against another in a court of law without reasonable cause and with malicious intent …

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  • 72malicious — adjective a) Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite b) Deliberately harmful; spiteful Syn: malevolent, evil …

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  • 73malicious — Synonyms and related words: acrid, antagonistic, antipathetic, baleful, baneful, belligerent, bitchy, bitter, catty, caustic, clashing, colliding, conflicting, cussed, deleterious, despiteful, detrimental, envious, evil, full of hate, green,… …

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  • 74malicious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ill disposed, spiteful, hateful; see wicked 1 , 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. spiteful, hurtful, vicious, malignant, malevolent, hateful, bitter, venomous, nasty, mean, wicked, pernicious, vengeful, harmful. ANT …

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  • 75malicious — ma·li·cious || mÉ™ lɪʃəs adj. malevolent, spiteful, wishing harm on another …

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  • 76malicious — adjective characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm. Derivatives maliciously adverb maliciousness noun …

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  • 77malicious — a. Malevolent, malignant, spiteful, ill disposed, ill natured, evil minded, mischievous, resentful, bitter, rancorous, envious, invidious …

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  • 78malicious — adj 1. malevolent, malign, malignant, maleficent, malefic, wanton, Archaic. despiteous, evil intentioned, evil disposed. See malevolent(defs.1, 2). 2. defamatory, denigrating, vituperative, vilifying, vilipenditory; slanderous, libelous,… …

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  • 79malicious — ma·li·cious …

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  • 80malicious — adjective Syn: spiteful, malevolent, vindictive, vengeful, resentful, malign, nasty, hurtful, cruel Ant: benevolent …

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