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noun
- 1. the intention or desire to do evil; ill will: "I bear no malice toward anybody"
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malice, malevolence, ill will, spite, malignity, spleen, grudge mean the desire to see another experience pain, injury, or distress. malice implies a deep-seated often unexplainable desire to see another suffer. malevolence suggests a bitter persistent hatred that is likely to be expressed in malicious conduct.
MALICE definition: 1. the wish to harm or upset other people: 2. To illegally harm someone with malice aforethought…. Learn more.
Malice definition: desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness. See examples of MALICE used in a sentence.
Malice isn't just any evil, though: it's evil done intentionally by someone seeking to do harm. People feel malice for people they hate. Malice is even stronger than spite.
Definition of malice noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Malice is behaviour that is intended to harm people or their reputations, or cause them embarrassment and upset. There was a strong current of malice in many of his portraits. There was no malice on his part. Synonyms: spite, animosity, enmity, hate More Synonyms of malice. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
MALICE meaning: 1. the wish to harm or upset other people: 2. To illegally harm someone with malice aforethought…. Learn more.
1. A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite. 2. Law. a. The intent to commit an unlawful act without justification or excuse. b. An improper motive for an action, such as desire to cause injury to another. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin malitia, from malus, bad; see mel- in Indo-European roots .]
Malice definition: A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite.
a feeling of hatred for someone that causes a desire to harm them He sent the letter out of malice. She is entirely without malice. He certainly bears you no malice (= does not want to harm you). The ghosts are described as if they bear actual malice toward humans.
