malicious

adjective

/məˈlɪʃəs/

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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
- Has someone been spreading malicious gossip?
- There is no truth whatsoever to the malicious rumours.
- His observations were funny without being malicious.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
adverb
- rather
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(computing) (of software or computer code) intended to damage somebody's computer or data files
- These are nasty pieces of malicious code such as viruses, Trojan horses and worms.
- malicious software/applications

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French malicios, from Latin malitiosus, from malitia, from malus ‘bad’.

单词	malicious
释义	malicious adjective /məˈlɪʃəs/ /məˈlɪʃəs/ jump to other results 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 Has someone been spreading malicious gossip? There is no truth whatsoever to the malicious rumours. His observations were funny without being malicious. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be adverb rather See full entry (computing) (of software or computer code) intended to damage somebody's computer or data files These are nasty pieces of malicious code such as viruses, Trojan horses and worms. malicious software/applications Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French malicios, from Latin malitiosus, from malitia, from malus ‘bad’.
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