malicious
intending to harm
Roots
- -ous / -ious: full of or marked by a quality
- mal: bad or wrong
Malicious is malice in adjective form: bad intent ready to act.
The malicious rumor spread faster than the correction.
intending to harm
Malicious is malice in adjective form: bad intent ready to act.
The malicious rumor spread faster than the correction.