malicious
adjective /məˈlɪʃ.əs/Definition
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.legal He was charged with malicious wounding.Unkind, cruel and unfeelingViolent or aggressiveTreating people or animals badlyInsults and abuse › intended to cause damage to a computer system, or to steal private information from a computer system: protection against malicious software/code maliciously /-li/ adverb Unkind, cruel and unfeelingViolent or aggressiveTreating people or animals badlyInsults and abuse
(Definition of malicious adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- acidly adverb
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- barbarism noun
- bilious adjective
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- insensible adjective
- malign adjective
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