malicious
evil, having bad intentions
TRANSLATION
böswillig, heimtückisch
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"The stereotype of the MALICIOUS hacker is a pale-skined young man, hunched over a keyboard in a darkened room, who prefers the company of computers to people."
(The Economist - 26th October 2002)
(The Economist - 26th October 2002)
Did you
know?
Did you know?
The not very nice word "malicious" is derived from the word
malice = Bosheit
Here's what Merriam Webster says about malice and it's relatives:
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin malitia, from malus bad
Date: 14th century
1 : desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another
2 : intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse
synonyms: MALICE, MALEVOLENCE, ILL WILL, SPITE, MALIGNITY, SPLEEN, GRUDGE mean the desire to see another experience pain, injury, or distress.
MALICE implies a deep-seated often unexplainable desire to see another
suffer "felt no malice toward their former enemies".
MALEVOLENCE suggests a bitter persistent hatred that is likely to be
expressed in malicious conduct "a look of dark malevolence".
ILL WILL implies a feeling of antipathy of limited duration "ill will provoked by a careless remark".
SPITE implies petty feelings of envy and resentment that are often expressed in small harassments "petty insults inspired by spite".
MALIGNITY implies deep passion and relentlessness motiveless malignity>.
SPLEEN suggests the wrathful release of latent spite or persistent malice
"venting his spleen against politicians".
GRUDGE implies a harbored feeling of resentment or ill will that seeks satisfaction "never one to harbor a grudge".
NOTE:
malicious joy, malicious glee = Schadenfreude
malicious call = belästigender Anruf
malicious injury = vorsätzliche Körperverletzung
malicious-tongue = Schandmaul
malicious intent = böswillige Absicht
malicious injury of property = vorsätzliche Sachbeschädigung
malicious damages = bösartige Sachbeschädigungen
a malicious rumour has it that = ein böses Gerücht sagt dass
And on a positive note: the opposite of malice = benelovence
The not very nice word "malicious" is derived from the word
malice = Bosheit
Here's what Merriam Webster says about malice and it's relatives:
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin malitia, from malus bad
Date: 14th century
1 : desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another
2 : intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse
synonyms: MALICE, MALEVOLENCE, ILL WILL, SPITE, MALIGNITY, SPLEEN, GRUDGE mean the desire to see another experience pain, injury, or distress.
MALICE implies a deep-seated often unexplainable desire to see another
suffer "felt no malice toward their former enemies".
MALEVOLENCE suggests a bitter persistent hatred that is likely to be
expressed in malicious conduct "a look of dark malevolence".
ILL WILL implies a feeling of antipathy of limited duration "ill will provoked by a careless remark".
SPITE implies petty feelings of envy and resentment that are often expressed in small harassments "petty insults inspired by spite".
MALIGNITY implies deep passion and relentlessness motiveless malignity>.
SPLEEN suggests the wrathful release of latent spite or persistent malice
"venting his spleen against politicians".
GRUDGE implies a harbored feeling of resentment or ill will that seeks satisfaction "never one to harbor a grudge".
NOTE:
malicious joy, malicious glee = Schadenfreude
malicious call = belästigender Anruf
malicious injury = vorsätzliche Körperverletzung
malicious-tongue = Schandmaul
malicious intent = böswillige Absicht
malicious injury of property = vorsätzliche Sachbeschädigung
malicious damages = bösartige Sachbeschädigungen
a malicious rumour has it that = ein böses Gerücht sagt dass
And on a positive note: the opposite of malice = benelovence
