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

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1. maliciousadjective

   having the nature of or resulting from malice

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

   Antonyms:
   unmalicious

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1. maliciousadjective

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

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1. maliciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   hateful, malevolent, rancorous, malignant

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1. List of paraphrases for "malicious":

   malevolent, malevolence, malignant, ill-intentioned, vicious, intentional, mischievous, evil, wicked, untrusted, harmful, sleepless, pernicious

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1. Dickson County Sheriff Jeff Bledsoe:

   I’m not aware of any additional health risks with vapor cigarettes, we looked at the devices inside them and to see if there was anything that could be used for some kind of malicious purposes. Once we figured out they were safe to have and couldn’t be fashioned into a weapon, we put parameters in place that these products have to be returned, with no tampering at all, in order to receive another one.

2. Momo Inc:

   Mr. Tang has informed us that he believes the allegations are malicious and intends to vigorously defend himself against them.

3. Ekram Ahmed:

   Anytime source code gets leaked it's not good, hackers can comb through the code, identify deeper flaws for exploit, and sell that previous code on the dark web to malicious threat actors.

4. Nathan Collier:

   Malware like FakeFortnite are … in a ‘ grey ’ area. There may not be an actual malware/infection threat, but sending users down a rabbit hole like this were they are left empty handed is still considered malicious activity.

5. Cindy Crawford:

   It's clear that someone manipulated that image to make whatever was there worse, it was stolen, and it was malicious, but there was so much positive reaction.