What is another word for malicious?
Synonyms for malicious
məˈlɪʃ əsma·li·cious
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Wiktionary
maliciousadjective
Synonyms:
evil, malevolentmaliciousadjective
Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
Synonyms:
malevolent, evilmaliciousadjective
Deliberately harmful; spiteful
He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.
Synonyms:
malevolent, evil
Princeton's WordNet
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 Synonymes
maliciousadjective
Synonyms:
malevolent, malignant, spiteful, ill-disposed, ill-natured
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
maliciousadjective
Synonyms:
hateful, malevolent, rancorous, malignant
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "malicious":
malevolent, malevolence, malignant, ill-intentioned, vicious, intentional, mischievous, evil, wicked, untrusted, harmful, sleepless, pernicious
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#3009 | evil | |
#8459 | wicked | |
#9672 | harmful | |
#13639 | malicious | |
#15592 | malignant | |
#15992 | vicious | |
#16556 | intentional | |
#33301 | sleepless | |
#42256 | mischievous | |
#48310 | malevolent | |
#48711 | pernicious | |
#55861 | untrusted | |
#110925 | malevolence |
How to use malicious in a sentence?
This is all about imposing cost on these malicious actors.
The harm can range from negligence, such as failing to secure data or clicking on a spear-phishing link, to malicious activities like theft, sabotage, espionage, unauthorized disclosure of classified information or even violence.
Mr. Tang has informed us that he believes the allegations are malicious and intends to vigorously defend himself against them.
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.
I regret the mistake that was made, and it was just that - an unintended mistake. The image posted by me on a political Facebook page was not done with any malicious or harmful intent. Once made aware of the negative portion of the picture I immediately replaced it and followed up with an apology/explanation the next day, my error was rushing to post a thank you note to the outgoing chairperson, in doing so I did not properly review a cut and paste image used in that post from an internet search for a' GOP elephant'. I do not support or agree with any hate group agenda and certainly would not try to further their cause.
Translations for malicious
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- злостен, злобенBulgarian
- maliciósCatalan, Valencian
- zlomyslný, záludný, škodolibýCzech
- böse, boshaftGerman
- κακόβουλος, κακεντρεχής, μοχθηρός, κακοήθηςGreek
- malicaEsperanto
- malignoSpanish
- مخربPersian
- malveillant, mauvaisFrench
- दुर्भावनापूर्णHindi
- նենգArmenian
- jahatIndonesian
- malignaIdo
- malizioso, malevole, cattivo, dolosoItalian
- 悪意Japanese
- malignisLatin
- whakakinokino, hīkaka, waniwaniMāori
- boos, kwaadaardig, kwaadDutch
- ondsinnetNorwegian
- malicioso, maldosoPortuguese
- malitiosRomanian
- злой, злобный, злонамеренный, злоумышленный, злостныйRussian
- mȁliciōzan, zlonámjēran, zlȍbanSerbo-Croatian
- ond, maliciös, elak, uppsåtligSwedish
- шкідливийUkrainian
- độc hạiVietnamese
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