Malicious
[mə'lɪʃəs]
Definition
(adj.) having the nature of or resulting from malice; 'malicious gossip'; 'took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince'- Rudyard Kipling .
Typist: Ronald--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity.
(a.) Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief.
(a.) With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act.
Checker: Sabina
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Malevolent, malignant, spiteful, ill-disposed, ill-natured.
Typist: Ralph
Examples
- Yet I am of opinion, this defect arises chiefly from a perverse, restive disposition; for they are cunning, malicious, treacherous, and revengeful. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Don't be so malicious, says Mr. Bucket. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am malicious because I am miserable; am I not shunned and hated by all mankind? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He wanted to thank her for having been to see his mother, but under the ancestress's malicious eye he felt himself tongue-tied and constrained. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- If that dark-visaged eldest boy could look more malicious than he had already looked, this was the time when he did it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Xodar watched us with his grim smile, partly of amusement and partly malicious gloating. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I'm sure aunt's talking about us,' whispered Miss Emily Wardle to her sister--'I'm quite certain of it--she looks so malicious. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Often since a fear has crossed my mind lest that book might turn up yet, and fall into the hands of some malicious person who would publish it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A very deep, malicious, vindictive person is the gentleman who is now waiting us downstairs. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You must try round and get on a fresh scent, I fancy, said the son with a rather malicious smile. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Emanuel underwent some raillery, half good-humoured, half, I thought, malicious, especially on Madame Beck's part. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- That's very likely,' returned Sikes with a malicious grin. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mrs. Manson Mingott screwed up her little mouth into a grimace of mimic prudery and twinkled at him through malicious lids. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The Halliday party was tipsy, and malicious. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Amy caught herself up short as the words escaped her, and looked at her husband, who replied, with malicious gravity. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The most malicious Jew dares not shed blood, his strong fear of God prevents it; and that fear is religion. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Perhaps it was with the malicious intent of urging him on to his worst that Mr Venus looked as if he doubted that. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mrs. Rubelle smelt at her flowers with a smile of malicious pity. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Typist: Ralph