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C2. intended to harm or upset other people: malicious gossip. a malicious look in his eyes. He complained that he'd been receiving malicious phone calls. He was charged with malicious wounding. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not kind to someone or something and causing pain. cruel Teasing them for being overweight is cruel.
mal· ice ˈma-ləs. Synonyms of malice. 1. : desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another. an attack motivated by pure malice. 2. : intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse. ruined her reputation and did it with malice. see also malice aforethought. Did you know? Malicious, Malevolent, and Malice.
Add to word list. C2. intended to harm or upset other people: malicious gossip. a malicious look in his eyes. He complained that he'd been receiving malicious phone calls. He was charged with malicious wounding. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not kind to someone or something and causing pain.
Definitions of malicious. adjective. having the nature of or resulting from malice. “ malicious gossip” “"took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling” synonyms: despiteful, malignant, spiteful, vindictive. showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite. leering. showing sly or knowing malice in a glance.
1. Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip. 2. Law Done with malice. ma·li′cious·ly adv. ma·li′cious·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
adjective. /məˈlɪʃəs/ having or showing a desire to harm somebody or hurt their feelings, caused by a feeling of hate synonym malevolent, spiteful. malicious gossip/lies/rumours. He took malicious pleasure in telling me what she had said. Extra Examples. Topics Personal qualities c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Join us.
4 days ago · adjective. If you describe someone's words or actions as malicious, you mean that they are intended to harm people or their reputation, or cause them embarrassment and upset . That might merely have been malicious gossip. She described the charges as malicious. Synonyms: spiteful, malevolent, malignant, vicious More Synonyms of malicious.
