Malicious and Rabid

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Malicious adjective - Having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it.

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Rabid and malicious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rabid" instead an adjective "Malicious".

Nearby Words: malice, malignant, maliciously

Rabid adjective - Being very far from the center of public opinion.

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Malicious and rabid are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Malicious" instead an adjective "Rabid".

Nearby Words: rabidly, rabies

He comes across more pitiable than malicious when, for example, he faces a sweet elderly Jewish couple and acts like they are a pair of rabid dogs which might attack him any moment.

Source: Innocent Bigot
At the start of 2014, Hikaru Midorikawa shut down his blog after his rabid fans threw malicious comments at him because some female fan wore the same accessory as him which she bought after he introduced it in his blog.

Source: Yoko Oh No

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