The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EVIL , but the solution may also be SPITEFUL which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Malicious crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EVIL | 25 % | 4 |
| MEAN | 23 % | 4 |
| NASTY | 16 % | 5 |
| CATTY | 14 % | 5 |
| SPITEFUL | 8 % | 8 |
| WANTON | 5 % | 6 |
| SNIDE | 5 % | 5 |
| HATEFUL | 2 % | 7 |
| DASTARDLY | 2 % | 9 |
| ILL | 2 % | 3 |
Why may EVIL be the right solution?
The word "EVIL" is the right answer for the clue "Malicious" because it accurately describes someone or something that has harmful intentions or exhibits wicked behavior.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Malicious
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- malevolent
- spiteful
- despiteful
- vicious
- catty
- bitchy
- leering
- vindictive
- vixenish
- beady-eyed
- venomous
- venomed
Crossword Answer definitions
EVIL noun- Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
- Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
- A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).
- Intending to harm; malevolent.
- Morally corrupt.
- Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
- Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
- Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
- Undesirable; harmful; bad practice
- Wickedly, evilly, iniquitously
- Injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.
- Badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EVIL
- Agatha Christie's "___ Under the Sun"
- Beyond bad
- Dark forces
- Doctor opposing Austin Powers
- Like Lucifer
- Like some spirits
- Mean business
- Satanic
- Sinister
- Wicked
More clues leading to the result MEAN
- Average
- Cruel
- Intend
- Like football's Joe Greene
- Low-down and nasty
- Greenwich __ time
- Nasty
- __-spirited
- Low-down
- Downright nasty
More clues leading to the result NASTY
- Malicious
- Painful
- Particularly unpleasant
- Bitter
- Foul-smelling
- Not at all nice
- Mean-spirited
- Foul-tasking
- Vile
- Janet Jackson, 1986
More clues leading to the result CATTY
- __-cornered (diagonal)
- Into nasty gossip
- Deliberately hurtful
- Grimalkin-like
- Slyly spiteful
- Malicious, as a remark
- Spiteful
- Given to hissing and scratching?
- Slyly malicious
- Slyly cruel
More clues leading to the result SPITEFUL
More clues leading to the result WANTON
- Malicious
- Less than decent
- Uncalled-for
- Unprovoked
- Inhumane.
- Unrestrained.
- Playful: Poet.
- Loose
- Senseless
- Lewd
More clues leading to the result SNIDE
- Contemptuous
- Cynical
- Derogatory
- Caustic, as a remark
- Sassy
- Dismissive
- Sarcastic
- Like some remarks
- Rudely sarcastic
- Nasty
More clues leading to the result HATEFUL
More clues leading to the result DASTARDLY
- Treacherous
- "Wacky Races" villain Dick
- Word for villain's deeds
- Cowardly
- Like a vaudevillian villain
- Malicious