English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Old French malicios , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Latin malitiosus , from malitia ( “ malice ” ) , from malus ( “ bad ” ) .
Pronunciation
Adjective
malicious (comparative more malicious , superlative most malicious )
Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
spiteful and deliberately harmful
He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
Armenian: նենգ (hy) ( neng )
Bulgarian: зло́бен (bg) ( zlóben ) , зло́стен (bg) ( zlósten )
Catalan: maliciós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 惡意的 / 恶意的 (zh) , 恶意的 (zh) ( èyì de )
Czech: záludný (cs)
Danish: maliciøs
Dutch: boos (nl) , kwaad (nl) , kwaadaardig (nl)
Estonian: pahatahtlik
Finnish: ilkeä (fi)
French: malveillant (fr)
Galician: malicioso m
German: böse (de) , boshaft (de) , malitiös
Greek: κακόβουλος (el) m ( kakóvoulos ) , κακεντρεχής (el) m ( kakentrechís ) , μοχθηρός (el) m ( mochthirós ) , κακοήθης (el) ( kakoḯthis )
Ancient Greek: κακοήθης ( kakoḗthēs )
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Ido: mal-vol-anta, maligna (io)
Indonesian: hasad (id) , jahat (id)
Italian: doloso (it) , cattivo (it) , malizioso (it) , malevole (it)
Japanese: 悪意のある (ja) ( あくいのある, akui no aru )
Macedonian: малициозен ( maliciozen ) , злобен ( zloben ) , пакосен ( pakosen )
Polish: złośliwy (pl) m
Portuguese: malicioso (pt) , maldoso (pt)
Romanian: malițios (ro) m , răutăcios (ro) m , răutăcioasă f
Russian: злой (ru) ( zloj ) , зло́бный (ru) ( zlóbnyj ) , зло́стный (ru) ( zlóstnyj )
Serbo-Croatian: mȁliciōzan (sh) , zlȍban (sh)
Slovene: zloben , hudoben
Spanish: maligno (es)
Swedish: uppsåtlig (sv)
Deliberately harmful; spiteful
Armenian: նենգ (hy) ( neng )
Azerbaijani: pis məqsədli , qərəzli , pisniyyət , pisniyyətli
Catalan: maliciós
Czech: škodolibý (cs) , zlomyslný (cs) , zlovolný m
Esperanto: malica
Finnish: pahansuopa (fi) , pahantahtoinen (fi)
French: mauvais (fr)
Greek: μοχθηρός (el) m ( mochthirós )
Ancient Greek: κακοήθης ( kakoḗthēs )
Indonesian: berniat jahat
Macedonian: недобронамерен ( nedobronameren ) , злонамерен ( zlonameren )
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Malay: berniat jahat
Maori: waniwani , whakakinokino , hīkaka , kikokiko
Norwegian: ondsinnet
Polish: złowrogi (pl) m , zły (pl) m , wrogi (pl) m
Russian: злоумы́шленный (ru) ( zloumýšlennyj ) , злонаме́ренный (ru) ( zlonamérennyj )
Serbo-Croatian: mȁliciōzan (sh) , zlonámjēran (sh)
Slovene: škodoželjen (sl)
Swedish: ond (sv) , elak (sv) , maliciös (sv) , uppsåtlig (sv)
Turkish: kötü niyetli , kötü amaçlı , kötücül (tr)
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