MALI'CIOUS, adjective Harboring ill will or enmity without provocation; malevolent in the extreme; malignant in heart. I grant him bloody, Sudden, malicious smacking of every sin That has a name. 1. Proceeding from extreme hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as a malicious report.
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