malicious
adjective
1. having the nature of or resulting from malice
- malicious gossip
- took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince
Similar word(s): despiteful, spiteful, vindictive, leering, malevolent, cattish, catty, poisonous, venomous, vicious, venomed, vixenish
Sentences with malicious as an adjective:
- He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.