MALICIOUS as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
   • arising from intense ill will or hatred
   Synonym(s)
   • malevolent (what does malevolent mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a gossipy malevolent old woman
   • failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful
   Antonym(s)
   • benevolent (what does benevolent mean?)
   • good (what does good mean?)
   Similar To
   • beady-eyed (what does beady-eyed mean?)
   • bitchy (what does bitchy mean?)
   • catty (what does catty mean?)
   • cattish (what does cattish mean?)
   • poisonous (what does poisonous mean?)
   • venomous (what does venomous mean?)
   • vicious (what does vicious mean?)
   • venomed (what does venomed mean?)
   See Also
   • hateful (what does hateful mean?)
   • maleficent (what does maleficent mean?)
   • malign (what does malign mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • malevolence (what does malevolence mean?)
   • malevolency (what does malevolency mean?)
   • malice (what does malice mean?)
2. Meaning
   • having the nature of or resulting from malice
   Usage Example(s)
   • malicious gossip
   • took malicious pleasure in…watching me wince- Rudyard Kipling
   Antonym(s)
   • unmalicious (what does unmalicious mean?)
   Similar To
   • despiteful (what does despiteful mean?)
   • spiteful (what does spiteful mean?)
   • vindictive (what does vindictive mean?)
   • leering (what does leering mean?)
   • vixenish (what does vixenish mean?)