Angry, wrathful; malicious, spiteful.

Malignant, malicious, spiteful.

Malicious; spiteful, envious. Also as n. with the and plural agreement: malicious or envious people as a class.

Of a person, disposition, etc.: given to malice; addicted to sentiments or acts of ill will; full of hate. Now also in weakened sense: given to…

In negative sense (of a person, action, etc.): having the bad qualities of a dog; malicious, spiteful, perverse; cruel. Obsolete.

Full of ill-will; malicious, spiteful. Obsolete.

Venomous; virulent, malignant, spiteful. Obsolete exc. dialect.

= despitous, adj.

Cruel; exhibiting ill-will, or bitter enmity, malevolent.

Expressing or denoting hatred; full of hate, malicious. Obsolete.

Venomous, spiteful, malignant.

Of information, advice, etc.: provided with intent to deceive or mislead, esp. so as to create a prejudice against a particular person; given out…

= despitous, adj. Obsolete. rare.

Having or indicating a doglike disposition or character; malicious, spiteful, bad-tempered, ill-natured; snappish, snarling; cynical. Now rare.

figurative. Characterized by bad mood or feeling; malignant, spiteful, envious; (also) bad-tempered, cross.

Having the bad qualities attributed to a dog; malicious, spiteful; despicable, contemptible. Obsolete.

Of information, advice, etc.: provided with intent to deceive or mislead; malicious; = sinister, adj. 1a. Obsolete.

Spiteful.

Cruel, fierce; cherishing ill-will; malignant, malicious; spiteful.

Full of, possessed or animated by, spite; malicious, malevolent. Also figurative of things.

Spiteful, malevolent, cruel; passing gradually into the sense: Pitiless, merciless, dispiteous, adj.

Viperous, venomous.

Spiteful, malignant, mischievous, harmful. Obsolete.

= malicious, adj.

Full of envy, malice, or spite. Const. of.

Resembling a viper or that of a viper; having the nature or character of a viper; venomous, viperous; viper-like. Chiefly in figurative or…

Of actions, qualities, etc.: Worthy of or befitting a viper; malignant, treacherous, venomous.

Mischievous, malicious. Obsolete. rare.

having a ‘dogged’ or malicious spirit.

having an evil mind or disposition, unfriendly, hostile, malicious.

figurative. Violently bitter, spiteful, or malignant; full of acrimony or enmity. Of persons, their dispositions, etc.

having an evil heart, ill-disposed, malicious.

Full of ‘dole’, crafty, malicious.

Spiteful, snappish.

Splenetic, ill-natured, spiteful.

Spiteful, mischievous.

Venomous, spiteful.

Of persons, their actions, etc.: Sly, cunning, crafty, wily, artful.

Simple attributive, as viper bite, viper fat, viper flesh, viper group, viper kind, viper oil, viper spirit, viper virus.

figurative. Venomous, viperous, spiteful.

Full of malice or spite; malignantly bitter or severe.

Marked or characterized by virulence or petulance, spiteful.

of or pertaining to a viper; viperine, viperous.

Of a sly or spiteful character. (Cf. cat, n.1 2.)

= cattish, adj. b.

colloquial. Sexually provocative, lewd. Now rare.