Mayhem vs Malicious - What's the difference?
mayhem | malicious |
A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.
Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing.
(legal) The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.
(legal) The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.
Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
spiteful and deliberately harmful
As a noun mayhem
is a state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.As an adjective malicious is
of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite.mayhem
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* maihemNoun
(en-noun)- What if the legendary hero Robin Hood had been born into the mayhem of the 20th century ?
- In all the mayhem , some children were separated from their partners.
- She waded into the mayhem , elbowing between taller men to work her way to the front of the crowd.
- The clowns would dart into the crowd and pull another unsuspecting victim into the mayhem of the ring
- The fighting dogs created mayhem in the flower beds.
Synonyms
* (chaos) * (infliction of violent injury on a person or thing) * (legal) * See ,References
malicious
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.