malicious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 məlĭsh'əs

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.
    — He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.

词形变化

more malicious comparative most malicious superlative malitious alternative

词源

From Middle English malicious, from Old French malicios, from Latin malitiōsus, from malitia (“malice”), from malus (“bad”). Displaced native Middle English ivelwilled and ivelwilly (“malicious”), related to Old English yfelwillende (literally “evil-willing”). By surface analysis, malice + -ious.
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