Have you ever heard, read, or used the word malicious? Do you know what this word means? ❓❓❓
The word malicious sounds like the word delicious which is more commonly used in conversations. These two words are also both adjectives. Despite these similarities, these two words have completely different meanings.
So, what does this word actually mean?
According to Oxford Dictionary, the definition of malicious is:
“having or showing hatred and a desire to harm someone or hurt their feelings.”
Malicious is the adjective based on the noun malice, which means the desire to harm others. Both words come from the Latin word malus, for bad. If someone is malicious he doesn’t just make bad things happen; he loves to make bad things happen.
As stated by Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the synonyms of malicious include cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, and vicious. The antonyms include benevolent, benign, benignant, loving, unmalicious.
Someone who is malicious enjoys hurting or embarrassing others. If you’re writing a book about good and evil, you’ll want to come up with a truly malicious character to do all the bad stuff.
So, don’t be malicious, guys!
You can check out some examples of sentences using the word malicious to understand the word more!
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