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malicious |
Grep of noun malicious malicious gossip malicious mischief maliciousness Overview of adj malicious The adj malicious has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. malicious -- (having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling) 2. malevolent, malicious -- (wishing or appearing to wish evil to others arising from intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful") Antonyms of adj malicious 2 senses of malicious Sense 1 malicious (vs. unmalicious) unmalicious (vs. malicious) Sense 2 malevolent (vs. benevolent), malicious Similarity of adj malicious 2 senses of malicious Sense 1 malicious (vs. unmalicious) => despiteful, spiteful, vindictive => leering => vixenish Sense 2 malevolent (vs. benevolent), malicious => beady-eyed => bitchy, catty, cattish => poisonous, venomous, vicious => venomed Also See-> hateful#1; maleficent#1; malign#1 Attributes of adj malicious 1 of 2 senses of malicious Sense 2 malevolent (vs. benevolent), malicious => malevolence, malevolency, malice Familiarity of adj malicious malicious used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj malicious malicious unmalicious Overview of adj malicious The adj malicious has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. malicious -- (having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling) 2. malevolent, malicious -- (wishing or appearing to wish evil to others arising from intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful")
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