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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.
MALICE meaning: 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.
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 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.
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).
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: the feeling of wanting to harm or upset someone: . Learn more.
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness: the malice and spite of a lifelong enemy. Law evil intent on the part of a person who commits a wrongful act injurious to others.
