See malicious on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "malicious"
},
"expansion": "Middle English malicious",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "malicios"
},
"expansion": "Old French malicios",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "malitiōsus"
},
"expansion": "Latin malitiōsus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ivelwilled"
},
"expansion": "Middle English ivelwilled",
"name": "ncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "yfelwillende",
"lit": "evil-willing"
},
"expansion": "Old English yfelwillende (literally “evil-willing”)",
"name": "ncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more malicious",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most malicious",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "malicious (comparative more malicious, superlative most malicious)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Danish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Estonian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Galician translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ido translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Indonesian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Malay translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Maori translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norwegian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Sanskrit translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Slovak translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Slovene translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Emotions",
"orig": "en:Emotions",
"parents": [
"Mind",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "maliciously"
},
{
"word": "maliciousness"
},
{
"word": "malicious mischief"
},
{
"word": "malicious prosecution"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice."
],
"id": "en-malicious-en-adj-SWIILJCk",
"links": [
[
"harm",
"harm"
],
[
"spite",
"spite"
],
[
"malice",
"malice"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "evil"
},
{
"word": "maleficent"
},
{
"word": "malevolent"
},
{
"word": "evil"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "malitious"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "kwaadaardig"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "neng",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "նենգ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zlóben",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "зло́бен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zlósten",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "зло́стен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "maliciós"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "惡意的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èyì de",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "恶意的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "惡毒的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èdú de",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "恶毒的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "懷恨的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huáihèn de",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "怀恨的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "心懷叵測的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xīnhuáipǒcè de",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "心怀叵测的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xùyì de",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "蓄意的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "záludný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "maliciøs"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "boos"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "kwaad"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "kwaadaardig"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "pahatahtlik"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "ilkeä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "malveillant"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "malicioso"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "böse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "boshaft"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "maliziös"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "böswillig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "bösartig"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kakóvoulos",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "κακόβουλος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kakentrechís",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "κακεντρεχής"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mochthirós",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "μοχθηρός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kakoḯthis",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "κακοήθης"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kakoḗthēs",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "κακοήθης"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "mal-vol-anta"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "maligna"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "hasad"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "jahat"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "doloso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "cattivo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "malizioso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "malevole"
},
{
"alt": "あくいのある",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "akui no aru",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "悪意のある"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "maliciozen",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "малициозен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zloben",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "злобен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pakosen",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "пакосен"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "złośliwy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "malicioso"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "maldoso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "malițios"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "răutăcios"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zloj",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "злой"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zlóbnyj",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "зло́бный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zlóstnyj",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "зло́стный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "mȁliciōzan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "zlȍban"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "zloben"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "hudoben"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "maligno"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "illasinnad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "illvillig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "uppsåtlig"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zlísnyj",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "злі́сний"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "kwaadaardig"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "neng",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "նենգ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "pis məqsədli"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "qərəzli"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "pisniyyət"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "pisniyyətli"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zlonameren",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "злонамерен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "maliciós"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "惡意的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èyì de",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "恶意的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "惡毒的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èdú de",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "恶毒的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "懷恨的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huáihèn de",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "怀恨的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "心懷叵測的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xīnhuáipǒcè de",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "心怀叵测的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xùyì de",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "蓄意的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "škodolibý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "zlomyslný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "zlovolný"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "malica"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "pahansuopa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "pahantahtoinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "mauvais"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mochthirós",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "μοχθηρός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kakoḗthēs",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "κακοήθης"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "berniat jahat"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nedobronameren",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "недобронамерен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zlonameren",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "злонамерен"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "berniat jahat"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "waniwani"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "whakakinokino"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "hīkaka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "kikokiko"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "ondsinnet"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "złowrogi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "zły"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "wrogi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "umyślnie szkodliwy"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zloumýšlennyj",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "злоумы́шленный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zlonamérennyj",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "злонаме́ренный"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "durjana",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "दुर्जन"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "mȁliciōzan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "zlonámjēran"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "zloprajný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "zlovoľný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "zlomyseľný"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "škodoželjen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "illasinnad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "illvillig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "ond"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "elak"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "maliciös"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "uppsåtlig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "kötü niyetli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "kötü amaçlı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "kötücül"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zlovmýsnyj",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "зловми́сний"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "məlĭsh'əs"
},
{
"ipa": "/məˈlɪʃəs/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-malicious.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/52/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-malicious.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-malicious.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/52/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-malicious.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-malicious.wav.ogg"
}
],
"word": "malicious"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "maliciously"
},
{
"word": "maliciousness"
},
{
"word": "malicious mischief"
},
{
"word": "malicious prosecution"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "malicious"
},
"expansion": "Middle English malicious",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "malicios"
},
"expansion": "Old French malicios",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "malitiōsus"
},
"expansion": "Latin malitiōsus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ivelwilled"
},
"expansion": "Middle English ivelwilled",
"name": "ncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "yfelwillende",
"lit": "evil-willing"
},
"expansion": "Old English yfelwillende (literally “evil-willing”)",
"name": "ncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more malicious",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most malicious",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "malicious (comparative more malicious, superlative most malicious)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Afrikaans translations",
"Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
"Terms with Armenian translations",
"Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Estonian translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Ido translations",
"Terms with Indonesian translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Malay translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Norwegian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Sanskrit translations",
"Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
"Terms with Slovak translations",
"Terms with Slovene translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"en:Emotions"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice."
],
"links": [
[
"harm",
"harm"
],
[
"spite",
"spite"
],
[
"malice",
"malice"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "evil"
},
{
"word": "maleficent"
},
{
"word": "malevolent"
},
{
"word": "evil"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "məlĭsh'əs"
},
{
"ipa": "/məˈlɪʃəs/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-malicious.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/52/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-malicious.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-malicious.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/52/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-malicious.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-malicious.wav.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "malitious"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "kwaadaardig"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "neng",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "նենգ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zlóben",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "зло́бен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zlósten",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "зло́стен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "maliciós"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "惡意的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èyì de",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "恶意的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "惡毒的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èdú de",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "恶毒的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "懷恨的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huáihèn de",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "怀恨的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "心懷叵測的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xīnhuáipǒcè de",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "心怀叵测的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xùyì de",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "蓄意的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "záludný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "maliciøs"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "boos"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "kwaad"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "kwaadaardig"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "pahatahtlik"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "ilkeä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "malveillant"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "malicioso"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "böse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "boshaft"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "maliziös"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "böswillig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "bösartig"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kakóvoulos",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "κακόβουλος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kakentrechís",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "κακεντρεχής"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mochthirós",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "μοχθηρός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kakoḯthis",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "κακοήθης"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kakoḗthēs",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "κακοήθης"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "mal-vol-anta"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "maligna"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "hasad"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "jahat"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "doloso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "cattivo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "malizioso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "malevole"
},
{
"alt": "あくいのある",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "akui no aru",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "悪意のある"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "maliciozen",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "малициозен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zloben",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "злобен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pakosen",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "пакосен"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "złośliwy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "malicioso"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "maldoso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "malițios"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "răutăcios"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zloj",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "злой"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zlóbnyj",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "зло́бный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zlóstnyj",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "зло́стный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "mȁliciōzan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "zlȍban"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "zloben"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "hudoben"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "maligno"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "illasinnad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "illvillig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "uppsåtlig"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zlísnyj",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite",
"word": "злі́сний"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "kwaadaardig"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "neng",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "նենգ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "pis məqsədli"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "qərəzli"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "pisniyyət"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "pisniyyətli"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zlonameren",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "злонамерен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "maliciós"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "惡意的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èyì de",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "恶意的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "惡毒的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èdú de",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "恶毒的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "懷恨的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huáihèn de",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "怀恨的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "心懷叵測的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xīnhuáipǒcè de",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "心怀叵测的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xùyì de",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "蓄意的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "škodolibý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "zlomyslný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "zlovolný"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "malica"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "pahansuopa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "pahantahtoinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "mauvais"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mochthirós",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "μοχθηρός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kakoḗthēs",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "κακοήθης"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "berniat jahat"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nedobronameren",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "недобронамерен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zlonameren",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "злонамерен"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "berniat jahat"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "waniwani"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "whakakinokino"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "hīkaka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "kikokiko"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "ondsinnet"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "złowrogi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "zły"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "wrogi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "umyślnie szkodliwy"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zloumýšlennyj",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "злоумы́шленный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zlonamérennyj",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "злонаме́ренный"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "durjana",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "दुर्जन"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "mȁliciōzan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "zlonámjēran"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "zloprajný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "zlovoľný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "zlomyseľný"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "škodoželjen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "illasinnad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "illvillig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "ond"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "elak"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "maliciös"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "uppsåtlig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "kötü niyetli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "kötü amaçlı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "kötücül"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zlovmýsnyj",
"sense": "deliberately harmful; spiteful",
"word": "зловми́сний"
}
],
"word": "malicious"
}
Download raw JSONL data for malicious meaning in All languages combined (18.6kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.