malicious

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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.

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kwaadaardig — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Armenian: նենգ (neng) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Bulgarian: зло́бен (zlóben) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Bulgarian: зло́стен (zlósten) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Catalan: maliciós — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡意的 /恶意的 (èyì de) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡毒的 /恶毒的 (èdú de) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Chinese Mandarin: 懷恨的 /怀恨的 (huáihèn de) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Chinese Mandarin: 心懷叵測的 /心怀叵测的 (xīnhuáipǒcè de) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Chinese Mandarin: 蓄意的 (xùyì de) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Czech: záludný — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Danish: maliciøs — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Dutch: boos — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Dutch: kwaad — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Dutch: kwaadaardig — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Estonian: pahatahtlik — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Finnish: ilkeä — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• French: malveillant — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Galician: malicioso — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• German: böse — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• German: boshaft — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• German: maliziös — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• German: böswillig — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• German: bösartig — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Greek: κακόβουλος (kakóvoulos) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Greek: κακεντρεχής (kakentrechís) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Greek: μοχθηρός (mochthirós) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Greek: κακοήθης (kakoḯthis) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Ancient Greek: κακοήθης (kakoḗthēs) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Ido: mal-vol-anta — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Ido: maligna — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Indonesian: hasad — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Indonesian: jahat — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Irish: mailíseach — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Italian: doloso — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Italian: cattivo — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Italian: malizioso — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Italian: malevole — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Japanese: 悪意のある (akui no aru) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Macedonian: малициозен (maliciozen) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Macedonian: злобен (zloben) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Macedonian: пакосен (pakosen) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Polish: złośliwy — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Portuguese: malicioso — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Portuguese: maldoso — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Romanian: malițios — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Romanian: răutăcios — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Russian: злой (zloj) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Russian: зло́бный (zlóbnyj) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Russian: зло́стный (zlóstnyj) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Serbo-Croatian: mȁliciōzan — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Serbo-Croatian: zlȍban — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Slovene: zloben — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Slovene: hudoben — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Spanish: maligno — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Swedish: illasinnad — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Swedish: illvillig — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Swedish: uppsåtlig — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Ottoman Turkish: یامان (yaman) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Ukrainian: злі́сний (zlísnyj) — of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
• Afrikaans: kwaadaardig — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Armenian: նենգ (neng) — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Azerbaijani: pis məqsədli — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Azerbaijani: qərəzli — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Azerbaijani: pisniyyət — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Azerbaijani: pisniyyətli — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Bulgarian: злонамерен (zlonameren) — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Catalan: maliciós — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡意的 /恶意的 (èyì de) — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡毒的 /恶毒的 (èdú de) — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Chinese Mandarin: 懷恨的 /怀恨的 (huáihèn de) — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Chinese Mandarin: 心懷叵測的 /心怀叵测的 (xīnhuáipǒcè de) — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Chinese Mandarin: 蓄意的 (xùyì de) — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Czech: škodolibý — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Czech: zlomyslný — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Czech: zlovolný — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Esperanto: malica — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Finnish: pahansuopa — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Finnish: pahantahtoinen — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• French: mauvais — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Greek: μοχθηρός (mochthirós) — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Ancient Greek: κακοήθης (kakoḗthēs) — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Hindi: द्वेषी (dveṣī) — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Indonesian: berniat jahat — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Macedonian: недобронамерен (nedobronameren) — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Macedonian: злонамерен (zlonameren) — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Malay: berniat jahat — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Māori: waniwani — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Māori: whakakinokino — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Māori: hīkaka — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Māori: kikokiko — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Norwegian: ondsinnet — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Polish: złowrogi — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Polish: zły — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Polish: wrogi — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Polish: umyślnie szkodliwy — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Russian: злоумы́шленный (zloumýšlennyj) — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Russian: злонаме́ренный (zlonamérennyj) — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Sanskrit: दुर्जन (durjana) — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Serbo-Croatian: mȁliciōzan — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Serbo-Croatian: zlonámjēran — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Slovak: zloprajný — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Slovak: zlovoľný — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Slovak: zlomyseľný — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Slovene: škodoželjen — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Swedish: illasinnad — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Swedish: illvillig — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Swedish: ond — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Swedish: elak — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Swedish: maliciös — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Swedish: uppsåtlig — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Turkish: kötü niyetli — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Turkish: kötü amaçlı — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Turkish: kötücül — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Ottoman Turkish: یامان (yaman) — deliberately harmful; spiteful
• Ukrainian: зловми́сний (zlovmýsnyj) — deliberately harmful; spiteful