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Synonyms for MALICIOUS
məˈlɪʃ əsma·li·cious

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  1. maliciousadjective

    Synonyms:
    evil, malevolent

  2. maliciousadjective

    Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite

    Synonyms:
    malevolent, evil

  3. maliciousadjective

    Deliberately harmful; spiteful

    He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.

    Synonyms:
    malevolent, evil

Princeton's WordNet3.8 / 6 votes

  1. maliciousadjective

    having the nature of or resulting from malice

    "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling

    Antonyms:
    unmalicious

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. maliciousadjective

    Synonyms:
    malevolent, malignant, spiteful, ill-disposed, ill-natured

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. maliciousadjective

    Synonyms:
    hateful, malevolent, rancorous, malignant

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How to use MALICIOUS in a sentence?

  1. James Clapper:

    Such malicious cyber activity will continue and probably accelerate until we establish and demonstrate the capability to deter malicious state-sponsored cyber activity.

  2. Pak Yong Chol:

    Malicious slander, especially as they try to link the allegations against to the august name of our Supreme Leader Marshall Kim Jong Un.

  3. Rob Joyce:

    When we see malicious cyber activity, whether it be from the Kremlin or other malicious nation-state actors, we are going to push back.

  4. Donald Trump:

    I hope to work with lawmakers to address the national security issues emerging from data misuse on platforms like Facebook, this goes far beyond the activities of Cambridge Analytica — the security of these platforms is becoming an essential part of protecting democracies from malicious actors.

  5. Tom Kellerman:

    After that foothold is established, the malicious code, the real hackers get to work and grow out from there. Russian President Vladimir Putin's government denies direct involvement, but Russian intelligence is thought to routinely use cyber gangs to do its bidding and to create plausible deniability. Within the former Soviet bloc, Russian-speaking hackers pay homage as cyber-militia members to the regime in Russia, they act as proxies … when called upon to leverage their sophisticatedtool sets and attack against victims in the U.S.


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