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malicious

/məˈlɪʃəs/adjective3 syllables

Malicious means: having the nature of or resulting from malice.

Synonyms for malicious23

adjective, as in having the nature of or resulting from malice

despiteful, spiteful, vindictive, leering, malevolent, beady-eyed, bitchy, catty, cattish, poisonous, venomous, vicious, venomed, vixenish

also used for malicious

evil, maleficent, abandoned, arrant, bad, bad apple, bad seed, baleful, scurrilous

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Opposites of malicious

unmalicious

What does malicious mean?1

adjective

1

having the nature of or resulting from malice“malicious gossip”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with malicious?8

two syllables

vicious

three syllables

delicioussuspiciousambitiousfictitiousnutritiousauspicious

four syllables

superstitious
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Malicious in a sentence

  • Rodrigo was cyberbullied through malicious comments and threats, leaving him feeling unsafe and vulnerable.Amastan
  • There shall be no hindrances to my malicious plan.marcelostockle
  • They take advantage of society for their own malicious goals.aarikpokras
  • I prefer the vizier's well-intentioned lie to your malicious truth.unknown
  • A second later his lips curved in a malicious smile.neron
  • Such things are often accidental rather than malicious.AlanF_US
  • There is no non-malicious reason to eliminate single-toilet gender-neutral restrooms.shekitten
  • Actual life imprisonment can only be imposed because of a malicious violent crime.tinowls

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