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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
characterized by or displaying malice.
His political opponents launched malicious attacks against him.The guard's face wore a malicious expression, and the prisoner froze with fear.- synonyms:
- baleful, evil-minded, malevolent, malign, spiteful, venomous, vicious, vindictive, virulent
- antonyms:
- benevolent, benign, kind
- similar words:
- catty, cutting, evil, ill-natured, mean, miscreant, perfidious, pernicious, poisonous, rancorous, satanic, vengeful, wanton
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| related words: |
bad, bitchy, cruel, hateful, hostile, lousy, nasty, savage |
adverb + (adj.)malicious
deliberately, intentionally, slightly, somewhat
(adj.)malicious
+ noun
abuse,
accusation,
act,
amusement,
assault,
attack,
attempt,
behavior,
being,
code,
conspiracy,
content,
defamation,
destruction,
disregard,
enemy,
evil,
fate,
glee,
gossip,
grin,
hacker,
harassment,
humor,
intent,
joke,
lie,
manner,
mischief,
negligence,
neighbor,
pleasure,
property,
prosecution,
rumor,
satisfaction,
smile,
software,
spirit,
tale,
wounding
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| derivations: |
maliciously (adv.), maliciousness (n.) |
The word malicious
contains the following parts:
mal, male
Latin
root
that means bad, evil, ill
  Example words:
dismal, maladjusted, maladminister, maladroit, malady, malaise, malapropism, malapropos, malaria, malcontent, malediction, malefaction, malefactor, malefic, maleficence, maleficent, malevolent, malfeasance, malformation, malfunction, malice, malicious, malign, malignant, malinger, malnutrition, malocclusion, malodorous, malpractice, malversation
- antonyms:
- ben, bene, bon
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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