malicious
ma|li|cious /məl'ɪʃəs/
[ADJ]
If you describe someone's words or actions as malicious, you mean that they are intended to harm people or their reputation, or cause them embarrassment and upset.
That might merely have been malicious gossip...
● maliciously [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
...his maliciously accurate imitation of Hubert de Burgh.
[ADJ]
If you describe someone's words or actions as malicious, you mean that they are intended to harm people or their reputation, or cause them embarrassment and upset.
That might merely have been malicious gossip...
● maliciously [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
...his maliciously accurate imitation of Hubert de Burgh.