malicious

malicious is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity.
2. adjective. Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief.
3. adjective. With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act.
4. adjective. having the nature of or resulting from malice- Rudyard Kipling

   "malicious gossip"

   "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"

Common word forms

maliciously, maliciousness

Words from these letters

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