malicious

malicious: ma·li·cious /mə-'li-shəs/ adj: given to, marked by, or arising from malice

malicious destruction of property

ma·li·cious·ly adv

ma·li·cious·ness n

malicious: I adjective acrimonious, antagonistic, brutal, cruel, demoniac, demoniacal, destructive, diabolic, diabolical, evil, evil-minded, feral, ferocious, harmful, hateful, hostile, ill-disposed, ill-natured, invidious, invidus, malefic, maleficent, maleficial, malevolent, malevolus, malignant, merciless, mischievous, ornery, pernicious, relentless, resentful, ruthless, savage, spiteful, treacherous, truculent, unfeeling, venemous, vicious, vindictive, virulent, wanton, wicked associated concepts: malicious mischief, malicious prosecution foreign phrases:
- Malitiis hominum est obviandum. — The malicious designs of men must be thwarted
II index caustic, cold-blooded, contemptuous, cruel, felonious, harmful, invidious, libelous, malevolent, malignant, mordacious, noxious, outrageous, resentful, scathing, sinister, spiteful, vicious, vindictive, virulent, wrongful

malicious: adj.
Intending to do harm; done out of ill will and without justification.

malicious: Involving malice; characterized by wicked or mischievous motives or intentions.

malicious: Involving malice; characterized by wicked or mischievous motives or intentions.

Synonyms:

Malevolent, malignant, spiteful, ill-disposed, ill-natured, evil-minded, mischievous, resentful, bitter, rancorous, envious, invidious

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malicious — ma‧li‧cious [məˈlɪʆəs] adjective LAW deliberate and intended to harm or hurt someone: • Time Warner sued the company for $100 million, charging willful, wanton and malicious breach of contract. • You may not be insured for malicious damage by a… … Financial and business terms
Malicious — may refer to: Contents 1 Films 2 Games 3 Thoroughbred race horses … Wikipedia
Malicious — Ma*li cious, a. [Of. malicius, F. malicieux, fr. L. malitiosus. See {Malice}.] 1. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity. [1913 Webster] I grant him bloody, . . . Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a name.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
malicious — malicious, malevolent, malignant, malign, spiteful arecomparable when they mean disposed to do or to inflict evil or resulting from a disposition to do or to inflict evil. A person or thing is malicious that is motivated or dictated by hatred or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
malicious — malicious, malign, malignant, malevolent 1. All four words are connected with doing harm or evil (from Latin malus), but there are important differences. Malicious means ‘intending to do harm’ and is associated with people (or occasionally… … Modern English usage
malicious — (adj.) early 13c., from O.Fr. malicios showing ill will, spiteful, wicked (Mod.Fr. malicieux), from L. malitiosus wicked, malicious, from malitia badness, ill will, spite, from malus bad (see MAL (Cf. mal )). In legal use (early 14c., Anglo… … Etymology dictionary
malicious — [adj] hateful awful, bad natured, baleful, beastly, bitter, catty*, cussed, deleterious, despiteful, detrimental, envious, evil, evil minded, green*, green eyed*, gross*, illdisposed, injurious, jealous, low, malevolent, malign, malignant, mean,… … New thesaurus
malicious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm. DERIVATIVES maliciously adverb maliciousness noun … English terms dictionary
malicious — [mə lish′əs] adj. [ME < OFr malicios < L malitiosus < malitia: see MALICE] having, showing, or caused by malice; spiteful; intentionally mischievous or harmful maliciously adv. maliciousness n … English World dictionary
malicious — /mslishas/ Characterized by, or involving, malice; having, or done with, wicked, evil or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse or as a result of ill will. See also malice willful @… … Black's law dictionary

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