From Middle English malicious, from Old French malicios, from Latin malitiōsus, from malitia ("malice"), from malus ("bad").

• enPR: məlĭsh'əs, IPA: /məˈlɪʃəs/

malicious

1. Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.

   Synonyms: evil, maleficent, malevolent, Thesaurus:evil

   He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.

   • 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC ↗, page 169 ↗:

     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.

• French: malveillant
• German: böse, boshaft, maliziös, böswillig, bösartig
• Italian: doloso, cattivo, malizioso, malevole
• Portuguese: malicioso, maldoso
• Russian: злой
• Spanish: maligno

• French: mauvais
• Russian: злоумы́шленный