malicious
pronunciation
How to pronounce malicious in British English:
UK [məˈlɪʃəs]
How to pronounce malicious in American English:
US [məˈlɪʃəs]
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- Adjective:
- having the nature of or resulting from malice
- wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred
Word Origin
- malicious (adj.)
- early 13c., from Old French malicios "showing ill will, spiteful, wicked" (Modern French malicieux), from Latin malitiosus "wicked, malicious," from malitia "badness, ill will, spite," from malus "bad" (see mal-). In legal use (early 14c., Anglo-French), it means "characterized by malice prepense."
Example
- 1. Which parts are valid , and which are incorrect , misinformed , malicious , or just plain whiny ? "
- 2. The malicious application steals contact details from the user 's address book and the infected device 's phone number .
- 3. Send its employees phishing e-mails with malicious attachments containing the subject line " 2011 recruitment plan . "
- 4. The file is used to download malicious payload from a remote server and to launch it ..
- 5. Another potential problem for the hotline is malicious reporting .