malicious
Example Sentences
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Mr. Mamdani provoked it by using a malicious, personal attack to promote his pied-à-terre tax.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Patel filed a $250 million suit last month against The Atlantic magazine and the author of the article, Sarah Fitzpatrick, calling it a "sweeping, malicious, and defamatory hit piece."
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
I guess if I walk through the various checks available—One: criminal charges for malicious prosecution and other kinds of things.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
On 13 March 2021, Buzzard-Quashie was arrested at her home in Ealing, west London, on suspicion of sending malicious communications after posting on Instagram some racist messages she had received from former acquaintances.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
“Yep!” he says with a kind of malicious cheer.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Vocabulary lists containing malicious
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 2
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