Root MAL, MALE

depressing; causing gloom or misery; causing bad feelings

• dismal

• malady

• malefactor

bad health; illness; sickness

• malevolent

• malady

• malaria

bad air; a disease usually spread by infected mosquitos

• malevolent

• malfeasance

• malaria

an evildoer; a person who does bad things

• malevolent

• malfeasance

• malefactor

a word that describes a person or character who wishes bad things would happen to others

• malevolent

• malfeasance

• malignant

wrongdoing or bad conduct by a public official 

• malnourished 
• malfeasance 
• malice 
• malignant 

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

mischief; evil intent; bad will

• malnourished

• malodorous

• malice

harmful; something bad enough that it could result in death when related to cancer

• malignant

• malodorous

• dismal

having bad health or having poor nutrition

• malnourished

• malodorous

• dismal

bad smell; stinky

• malaria

• malodorous

• dismal