different between viciously vs malicious

English

Alternative forms

• vitiously (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English viciously; equivalent to vicious +? -ly.

Adverb

viciously (comparative more viciously, superlative most viciously)

1. In a vicious manner; ferociously or maliciously.

Translations

Middle English

Etymology

From vicious +? -ly.

Alternative forms

• veciously, vicously, vicioseli, visciousli, viciusly, viciosly, vycioousely

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /visi?u?sli?/, /vis?ju?sli?/, /?visjusli?/

Adverb

viciously

1. sinfully, evilly

Descendants

• English: viciously

References

• “vici?usl?, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-01.

English

Alternative forms

• malitious (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French malicios, from Latin malitiosus, from malitia (“malice”), from malus (“bad”). Displaced native Old English yfelwillende.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?l?sh'?s, IPA^(key): /m??l???s/

Adjective

malicious (comparative more malicious, superlative most malicious)

1. Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
2. spiteful and deliberately harmful

   He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.

Synonyms

• malevolent
• evil
• See also Thesaurus:evil

Derived terms

• maliciously
• maliciousness
• malicious mischief

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