maliciously
In cruel spirit
Maliciously means with intent to harm or cause suffering.
Someone who acts maliciously isn't just careless or thoughtless—they want to hurt: She maliciously spread rumors about her former friend.
The word implies deliberate cruelty, whether physical, emotional, or reputational: The files were maliciously deleted.
With desire for revenge
- vengefullyWith intent to retaliate
- resentfullyWith bitter indignation
- bitterlyWith harsh resentment
- grudginglyWith reluctant compliance
rancorously · meanly · nastily · cruelly · pettily · cattily · snidely · hatefully
In a brutal manner
- sadisticallyWith enjoyment of suffering
- brutallyIn a cruel manner
- mercilesslyWithout pity or restraint
- heartlesslyWithout empathy or care
ruthlessly · savagely · fiendishly · diabolically · wickedly · callously · pitilessly · inhumanely
Done with intention
- purposefullyWith conscious intention
- calculatedlyDone with premeditation
- premeditatedlyDone with advance planning
- willfullyDone on purpose
knowingly · consciously · intentionally · designedly · wittingly · plotted · planned · scheming
With intent to retaliate
- revengefullyIn a retaliatory manner
- retaliatorilyIn vengeful response
- grudginglyWith reluctant compliance
- rancorouslyWith lingering bitter resentment
unforgivingly · spitefully · wrathfully · punitively · hostilely · antagonistically
In a damaging manner
- damaginglyIn an injurious manner
- injuriouslyIn a harmful manner
- perniciouslyIn a subtly harmful manner
- ruinouslyIn a devastating manner
harmfully · detrimentally · toxically · corrosively · hurtfully · banefully
In an opposing manner
- belligerentlyIn a combative way
- aggressivelyIn hostile, confrontational manner
- combativelyIn a confrontational manner
- confrontationallyIn an aggressive, challenging manner
vindictively
With desire for revenge
- vengefullyWith intent to retaliate
- resentfullyWith bitter indignation
- bitterlyWith harsh resentment
grudgingly · rancorously · meanly · nastily · cruelly · pettily · cattily · snidely · hatefully · poisonously
viciously
In a brutal manner
- sadisticallyWith enjoyment of suffering
- brutallyIn a cruel manner
- mercilesslyWithout pity or restraint
heartlessly · ruthlessly · savagely · fiendishly · diabolically · wickedly · callously · pitilessly · inhumanely · barbarously
deliberately
Done with intention
- purposefullyWith conscious intention
- calculatedlyDone with premeditation
- premeditatedlyDone with advance planning
willfully · knowingly · consciously · intentionally · designedly · wittingly · plotted · planned · scheming · conniving
vengefully
With intent to retaliate
- revengefullyIn a retaliatory manner
- retaliatorilyIn vengeful response
- grudginglyWith reluctant compliance
rancorously · unforgivingly · spitefully · wrathfully · punitively · hostilely · antagonistically
destructively
In a damaging manner
- damaginglyIn an injurious manner
- injuriouslyIn a harmful manner
- perniciouslyIn a subtly harmful manner
ruinously · harmfully · detrimentally · toxically · corrosively · hurtfully · banefully
antagonistically
In an opposing manner
- belligerentlyIn a combative way
- aggressivelyIn hostile, confrontational manner
- combativelyIn a confrontational manner
confrontationally · defiantly · pugnaciously · truculently · contentiously
- harshlyharshly, sharply, curtly, bluntly, rudely
- shady adverbsdishonestly, deceitfully, deceptively, fraudulently, sneakily
maliciouslybenevolently
In a kindhearted manner
kindly · compassionately · kindheartedly · benignly · lovingly
maliciouslyinnocently
Without intent to harm
harmlessly · accidentally · unintentionally · inadvertently · unwittingly
- malicious intentPurpose to cause harm
- malicious gossipHarmful talk about others
- malicious complianceHarmful adherence to instructions
- malicious linkHarmful disguised URL
- malicious codeHarmful software instructions
- malicious mischiefIntentional property destruction