Synonyms for malicious

Adjective

1. malicious (vs. unmalicious), despiteful, spiteful, vindictive, leering, vixenish

usage: having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling

2. malevolent (vs. benevolent), malicious, beady-eyed, bitchy, catty, cattish, poisonous, venomous, vicious, venomed, hateful, maleficent, malign

usage: wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful"