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Word entry · 9 letters

malicious

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"Spiteful"

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9 lettersPronunciation /məˈlɪʃəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aciilmosuStarts with MEnds with S1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (MALICIOUS).

Definitions

  1. Intending to harm or showing spite.

Word origin

From Middle English malicious, from Old French malicios, from Latin malitiōsus, from malitia (“malice”), from malus (“bad”). Displaced native Middle English ivelwilled and ivelwilly (“malicious”), related to Old English yfelwillende (literally “evil-willing”). By surface analysis, malice + -ious.

Used in a sentence

  • He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.
  • And novv, if you are a Malitious Reader, I expect you ſhould return upon me, that I affect to be thought more Impartial than I am.

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