English-Thai Dictionary

malicious

ADJ มุ่งร้าย  ปองร้าย  ประสงค์ร้าย  ผูกพยาบาท  spiteful malevolent mung-rai

 

maliciously

ADV อย่าง มุ่งร้าย  อย่าง ประสงค์ร้าย  อย่าง อาฆาตแค้น  อย่าง ผูกพยาบาท  yang-mung-rai

 

maliciousness

N ความ มุ่งร้าย  การ ประสงค์ร้าย  kwam-mung-rai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MALICIOUS

a.Harboring ill will or enmity without provocation; malevolent in the extreme; malignant in heart. I grant him bloody,
Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin
That has a name.
1. Proceeding from extreme hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as a malicious report.

 

MALICIOUSLY

adv. With malice; with extreme enmity or ill will; with deliberate intention to injure.

 

MALICIOUSNESS

n.The quality of being malicious; extreme enmity or disposition to injure; malignity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MALICIOUS

Ma *li "cious, a. Etym: [Of. malicius, F. malicieux, fr. L. malitiosus.See Malice. ]

 

1. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity. I grant him bloody, ... Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a name. Shak.

 

2. Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act. Malicious abandonment, the desertion of a wife or husband without just cause. Burrill. -- Malicious mischief (Law ), malicious injury to the property of another; -- an offense at common law. Wharton. -- Malicious prosecution or arrest (Law ), a wanton prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable cause. Bouvier.

 

Syn. -- Ill-disposed; evil-minded; mischievous; envious; malevolent; invidious; spiteful; bitter; malignant; rancorous; malign. -- Ma *li "cious *ly, adv. -- Ma *li "cious *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

malicious

ma li cious |məˈliSHəs məˈlɪʃəs | ▶adjective characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm: malicious destruction of property | the transmission of malicious software such as computer viruses. DERIVATIVES ma li cious ly adverb, ma li cious ness noun ORIGIN Middle English (also in the sense ‘wicked ’): from Old French malicios, from Latin malitiosus, from malitia (see malice ).

 

malicious mischief

ma li cious mis chief ▶noun Law the willful destruction of another person's property for vicious, wanton, or mischievous purposes.

 

Oxford Dictionary

malicious

ma |li ¦cious |məˈlɪʃəs | ▶adjective characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm: he was found guilty of malicious damage | a hotbed of rumour and malicious chit-chat | the transmission of malicious software such as computer viruses. DERIVATIVES maliciously adverb, maliciousness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French malicios, from Latin malitiosus, from malitia (see malice ).

 

malicious mischief

ma li cious mis chief ▶noun Law the willful destruction of another person's property for vicious, wanton, or mischievous purposes.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

malicious

malicious adjective Arnold's allegations take on the qualities of a malicious character assassination: spiteful, malevolent, evil-intentioned, vindictive, vengeful, malign, mean, nasty, hurtful, mischievous, wounding, cruel, unkind; informal bitchy, catty; literary malefic, maleficent. ANTONYMS benevolent.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

malicious

malicious adjective he bore their malicious insults with dignity: spiteful, malevolent, hostile, bitter, venomous, poisonous, evil-intentioned, ill-natured, evil, baleful, vindictive, vengeful, vitriolic, rancorous, malign, malignant, pernicious, mean, nasty, harmful, hurtful, mischievous, destructive, wounding, cruel, unkind, defamatory; informal bitchy, catty; literary malefic, maleficent. ANTONYMS benevolent.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

malicious

ma li cious /məlɪ́ʃəs /形容詞 more ～; most ～1 悪意のある ▸ malicious gossip 悪意のある陰口 2 〘法 〙故意の , 犯意のある ▸ malicious damage 故意による器物損壊 ～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞