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- Dictionarymalice/ˈmalɪs/
noun
- 1. the desire to harm someone; ill will: "I bear no malice towards anybody"
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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.
The meaning of MALICE is desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another. How to use malice in a sentence. Malicious, Malevolent, and Malice Synonym Discussion of Malice.
Definition of malice noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and 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 meaning: 1. the wish to harm or upset other people: 2. To illegally harm someone with malice aforethought…. Learn more.
Synonyms for MALICE: venom, hatred, cruelty, maliciousness, spite, hatefulness, meanness, malevolence; Antonyms of MALICE: love, devotion, passion, friendliness, hospitality, cordiality, civility, amity
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.
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 definition: the feeling of wanting to harm or upset someone: . Learn more.
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.
