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maliciousness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Malicious \Ma*li"cious\, a. [Of. malicius F. malicieux fr L. malitiosus See {Malice}.] 1. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity. I grant him bloody, . . . Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a name --Shak. 2. Proceeding from hatred or ill will dictated by malice; as a malicious report; malicious mischief. 3. (Law)With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as a malicious act {Malicious abandonment}, the desertion of a wife or husband without just cause --Burrill. {Malicious mischief} (Law), malicious injury to the property of another; -- an offense at common law. --Wharton. {Malicious prosecution} or {arrest} (Law), a wanton prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable cause --Bouvier. Syn: Ill-disposed; evil-minded; mischievous; envious; malevolent; invidious; spiteful; bitter; malignant; rancorous; malign. -- {Ma*li"cious*ly}, adv -- {Ma*li"cious*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: maliciousness n : feeling a need to see other suffer [syn: {malice}, {spite}, {spitefulness}, {venom}]
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