adj.

Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.

maliciously ma·li'cious·ly adv.
maliciousness ma·li'cious·ness n.

adjective

Characterized by intense ill will or spite: black, despiteful, evil, hateful, malevolent, malign, malignant, mean², nasty, poisonous, spiteful, venomous, vicious, wicked. Slang bitchy. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.

adj

Definition: hateful
Antonyms: benevolent, friendly, good, kind, likeable, sympathetic, thoughtful

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Involving malice; characterized by wicked or mischievous motives or intentions.

An act done maliciously is one that is wrongful and performed willfully or intentionally, and without legal justification.

An act done to inflict an injury, not to redress a wrong.

• m. poisoning — laying a bait to poison an animal without the owner's consent.
• m. prosecution — instigating a lawsuit for the purpose of punishing the other person without having a proper justification for the litigation.

IN BRIEF: Done just to be mean.

There was no reason to write on the walls except to be malicious.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ondskabsfuld, ondsindet

Nederlands (Dutch)
boosaardig, opzettelijk

Français (French)
adj. - malveillant, méchant, calomnieux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - boshaft, böswillig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κακόβουλος, κακοπροαίρετος, κακεντρεχής, δόλιος, μοχθηρός

Italiano (Italian)
maligno, malizioso, doloso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - malicioso

Русский (Russian)
злобный, умышленный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - malévolo, rencoroso, malo, delictivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - illvillig, uppsåtlig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
怀恶意的, 恶毒的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 懷惡意的, 惡毒的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 악의 있는 , 심술궂은 , 고의의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 悪意のある, 犯意のある

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حقود, ماكر, خبيث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮זדוני, רע‬

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