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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
malicious
    adj 1: having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious
           gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me
           wince"- Rudyard Kipling [ant: unmalicious]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Malicious \Ma*li"cious\, a. [Of. malicius, F. malicieux, fr. L.
   malitiosus. See Malice.]
   1. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or
      enmity.
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            I grant him bloody, . . .
            Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin
            That has a name.                      --Shak.
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   2. Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice;
      as, a malicious report; malicious mischief.
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   3. (Law) With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives;
      wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or
      excuse; as, a malicious act.
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   Malicious abandonment, the desertion of a wife or husband
      without just cause. --Burrill.

   Malicious prosecution or Malicious arrest (Law), a wanton
      prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or
      criminal proceeding, without probable cause. --Bouvier.
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   Syn: Ill-disposed; evil-minded; mischievous; envious;
        malevolent; invidious; spiteful; bitter; malignant;
        rancorous; malign.
        [1913 Webster] -- Ma*li"cious*ly, adv. --
        Ma*li"cious*ness, n.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
MALICIOUS. With bad, and unlawful motives; wicked. 



Thesaurus Results for malicious:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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