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MALICE definition: 1. the wish to harm or upset other people: 2. To illegally harm someone with malice aforethought…. Learn more.
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: 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.
MALICE meaning: 1. the wish to harm or upset other people: 2. To illegally harm someone with malice aforethought…. Learn more.
a desire to harm somebody caused by a feeling of hate. She is entirely without malice. out of malice He sent the letter out of malice. He certainly bears you no malice (= does not want to harm you).
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 definition: the feeling of wanting to harm or upset someone: . Learn more.
noun. /ˈmæləs/ [uncountable] 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. Take your English to the next level.
Synonyms for MALICE: venom, hatred, cruelty, maliciousness, spite, hatefulness, meanness, malevolence; Antonyms of MALICE: love, devotion, passion, friendliness, hospitality, cordiality, civility, amity
