malice

malice
n
1. malevolence, maliciousness, malignity, malignance, animosity, antagonism, hostility, evil eye, hate, hatred, detestation, abhorrence, enmity; wrath, anger, dudgeon, bad blood, unfriendliness; venom, rancor, ill will, spite, spitefulness, evil intent, grudge, choler, pique, ire, acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, gall, bile, spleen, virulence, invidiousness, envy, resentment, ill feeling.
2. inhumanity, Archaic. immaneness, Obs. immani-ty, unnaturalness; pitilessness, mercilessness, implacability, obduracy, callousness, heart of stone, hard-heartedness, cold-heartedness, evil disposition; viciousness, harshness, cruelty, brutality, violence, ferocity, truculence, savagery, barbarity, bloodthirstiness, murderousness, ferity, fiendishness.

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  • malice — mal·ice / ma ləs/ n 1 a: the intention or desire to cause harm (as death, bodily injury, or property damage) to another through an unlawful or wrongful act without justification or excuse b: wanton disregard for the rights of others or for the… …   Law dictionary

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  • malice — Malice. s. f. Meschanceté, inclination à nuire, à mal faire. Grande malice. il a un fond de malice. cela procede d une malice noire. sa malice est descouverte. il est plein de malice. il a fait cela par malice. s il ne fait pas bien, c est belle… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • malice — malice, ill will, malevolence, spite, despite, malignity, malignancy, spleen, grudge denote a feeling or a state of mind which leads one to desire that another or others should suffer pain or injury. Malice usually implies a deep seated and,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • malice — mal ice (m[a^]l [i^]s), n. [F. malice, fr. L. malitia, from malus bad, ill, evil, prob. orig., dirty, black; cf. Gr. me las black, Skr. mala dirt. Cf. {Mauger}.] 1. Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or misfortune …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • malice — Malice, Astutia, Dolus malus, Malitia. Malice finement pourpensée, Malitia accurata. Malice naturelle, Natiuum malum. De ma propre malice, Meapte malitia. C est plus par la malice des hommes que des femmes, Magis haec malitia pertinet ad viros,… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

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  • malice — [mal′is] n. [OFr < L malitia < malus, bad: see MAL ] 1. active ill will; desire to harm another or to do mischief; spite 2. Law evil intent; state of mind shown by intention to do, or intentional doing of, something unlawful malice… …   English World dictionary

  • malice — (n.) c.1300, desire to hurt another, from O.Fr. malice ill will, spite, sinfulness, wickedness (12c.), from L. malitia badness, ill will, spite, from malus bad (see MAL (Cf. mal )). In legal use, wrongful intent generally (1540s) …   Etymology dictionary

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