Malicious and Maliciousness

Malicious adjective - Having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it.

Maliciousness and malicious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Maliciousness" instead a noun "Malicious".

Nearby Words: malice, malignant, maliciously

Maliciousness noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

Malicious and maliciousness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Malicious" instead a noun "Maliciousness".