Malicious and Scathing

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

Usage example: the neighborhood chatterbox has again been spreading malicious gossip

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

Nearby Words: malice, malignant, maliciously

Scathing adjective - Marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings.

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Malicious and scathing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Malicious" instead an adjective "Scathing".

Nearby Words: scathe, scathed, scathingly

While he was malicious and scathing towards Dean, he was far moreso towards Roman Reigns was the one Wyatt continuously insisted he'd allow anyone but to succeed, the one whose daughter he implicitly threatened at one point, and the one he reconvened the Wyatt Family against.

Source: Wrestling / Roman Reigns

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