Synonyms: malicious
Definition: having the nature of or resulting from malice
Usage: malicious gossip; took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince- Rudyard Kipling
Similar words: vindictive, despiteful, spiteful
Definition: showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite
Usage: a despiteful fiend; a truly spiteful child; a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment
Similar words: leering
Definition: showing sly or knowing malice in a glance
Usage: she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye- Amy Lowell
Similar words: malevolent
Definition: wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred
Usage: a gossipy malevolent old woman; failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful
Similar words: beady-eyed
Definition: having eyes that gleam with malice
Similar words: bitchy, cattish, catty
Definition: marked by or arising from malice
Usage: a catty remark
Similar words: venomous, vicious, poisonous
Definition: marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
Usage: poisonous hate; venomous criticism; vicious gossip
Similar words: venomed
Definition: full of malice or hate
Usage: venomed remarks
Similar words: vixenish
Definition: shrewish and malicious
Usage: a vixenish old woman