malicious en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- məlĭsh'əs
- (Southern-England) audio
- /məˈlɪʃəs/
Etymology
From Middle English malicious, from Old French malicios, from Latin malitiōsus, from malitia (“malice”), from malus (“bad”). Displaced native Middle English ivelwilled and ivelwilly (“malicious”), related to Old English yfelwillende (literally “evil-willing”). By surface analysis, malice + -ious.
Meanings
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Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.
And novv, if you are a Malitious Reader, I expect you ſhould return upon me, that I affect to be thought more Impartial than I am.
1681, [John Dryden], “To the Reader”, in Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem, London: […] J[acob] T[onson] and are to be sold by W. Davis […], →OCLC:They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder.
1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169:He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most malicious | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| malitious | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more malicious | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
malicious prosecution · malvertising · malvertisement · nonmalicious · malware · maliciousness · unmalicious · malicious compliance · maliciously · malicious mischief
Synonyms
demonic · iniquitous · unkind · reprehensible · sadistic · nidering · incessive · arrant · detrimental · cruel · unbenign · baleful · brutal · diabolical · maleficent · unpitying · bad · flagitious · peccaminous · despicable · spiteful · maleficent · evil · inhumane · black-hearted · inhuman · bad seed · knavish · sinful · unpitiful · barbarous · niddering · malevolent · niding · malevolent · scurrilous · ungodly · no-good · bowelless · diabolic · sullen · naughty · villainous · evil · flagitious · compassionless · harmful · scathful · rotten · iniquous · malicious · despiteful · wrong · depraved · vicious · malicious · truculent · bad apple · inclement · diabolical · base · merciless · injurious · demonic · ruthless · unholy · sinister · savage · wicked · pernicious · reprobate · satanic · remorseless · ill-intentioned · vile · malignant · malefic · deleterious · heinous · facinorous · abandoned · baneful · unmerciful · immoral · dark · nonhumane · devilish · pitiless · evil-minded · nithing · malign · incorrigible · unbenevolent · sordid · fell · nasty · ill-natured · nefarious
Translations (116)
cs zlomyslný (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · sv illasinnad (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · pt malicioso (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · pl wrogi (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · ca maliciós (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · sv illvillig (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · bg зло́стен (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · pl zły (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · mk недобронамерен (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · ca maliciós (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · sl škodoželjen (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · sv illvillig (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · it doloso (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · cs zlovolný (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · de böswillig (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · sh zlonámjēran (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · sv uppsåtlig (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · ru злой (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · id jahat (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · sk zlovoľný (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · hy նենգ (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · cmn 懷恨的 /怀恨的 (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · sv elak (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · gl malicioso (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · cmn 蓄意的 (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · ro malițios (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · id berniat jahat (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · eo malica (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · af kwaadaardig (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · sh zlȍban (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · ru зло́стный (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · sk zloprajný (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · tr kötü amaçlı (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · no ondsinnet (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · sl hudoben (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · hy նենգ (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · da maliciøs (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · cmn 心懷叵測的 /心怀叵测的 (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · id hasad (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · hi द्वेषी (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · it cattivo (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · mk злонамерен (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · cmn 惡毒的 /恶毒的 (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · de maliziös (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · de bösartig (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · cmn 惡意的 /恶意的 (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · ota یامان (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · pt maldoso (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · ru злонаме́ренный (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · grc κακοήθης (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · cmn 蓄意的 (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · nl kwaad (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · uk злі́сний (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · io mal-vol-anta (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · mi waniwani (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · es maligno (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · pl umyślnie szkodliwy (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · mi whakakinokino (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · de böse (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · sa दुर्जन (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · az pisniyyətli (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · el μοχθηρός (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · fi ilkeä (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · ga mailíseach (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · et pahatahtlik (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · grc κακοήθης (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · de boshaft (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · sh mȁliciōzan (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · sv illasinnad (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · az pis məqsədli (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · pl złośliwy (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · sk zlomyseľný (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · fi pahansuopa (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · el κακόβουλος (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · sv uppsåtlig (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · nl kwaadaardig (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · az qərəzli (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · fr mauvais (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · uk зловми́сний (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · fr malveillant (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · cmn 心懷叵測的 /心怀叵测的 (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · it malevole (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · sl zloben (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · ru зло́бный (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · el κακοήθης (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · it malizioso (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · mi kikokiko (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · cs škodolibý (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · sh mȁliciōzan (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · tr kötücül (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · sv maliciös (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · ro răutăcios (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · mk малициозен (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · fi pahantahtoinen (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · el μοχθηρός (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · nl boos (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · cs záludný (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · ru злоумы́шленный (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · mk пакосен (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · ms berniat jahat (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · tr kötü niyetli (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · mk злобен (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · cmn 惡意的 /恶意的 (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · sv ond (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · ota یامان (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · bg злонамерен (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · bg зло́бен (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · el κακεντρεχής (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · cmn 懷恨的 /怀恨的 (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · mi hīkaka (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · az pisniyyət (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · pl złowrogi (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · ja 悪意のある (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · af kwaadaardig (deliberately harmful; spiteful) · io maligna (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) · cmn 惡毒的 /恶毒的 (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite)