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MALICIOUS
malicious
(adjective) having the nature of or resulting from malice; “malicious gossip”; “took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince”- Rudyard Kipling
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
malicious (comparative more malicious, superlative most malicious)
Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
spiteful and deliberately harmful
Synonyms
• malevolent
• evil
• See also evil
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*li"cious, a. Etym: [Of. malicius, F. malicieux, fr. L. malitiosus. See Malice.]
1. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity. I grant him bloody, . . . Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a name. Shak.
2. Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief.
3. (Law)
Definition: With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act. Malicious abandonment, the desertion of a wife or husband without just cause. Burrill.
– Malicious mischief (Law), malicious injury to the property of another; -- an offense at common law. Wharton.
– Malicious prosecution or arrest (Law), a wanton prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable cause. Bouvier.
Syn.
– Ill-disposed; evil-minded; mischievous; envious; malevolent; invidious; spiteful; bitter; malignant; rancorous; malign.
– Ma*li"cious*ly, adv.
– Ma*li"cious*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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