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Definitions for Malice
[1] 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.
[2] Law . evil intent on the part of a person who commits a wrongful act injurious to others.
[3] the desire to do harm or mischief
[4] evil intent
[5] law the state of mind with which an act is committed and from which the intent to do wrong may be inferred See also malice aforethought
Words related to Malice
grudge, enmity, hostility, bitterness, resentment, animus, meanness, antipathy, animosity, rancor, hatred, mordacity, umbrage, spite, malevolence, venom, poison, maliciousness, acerbity, dislike
Words nearby Malice
mali empire, malibran, malibu board, malic, malic acid, malice, malice aforethought, malicious, malicious mischief, malign, malignancy
Origin of Malice
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin malitia. See mal-, -ice
Word origin for Malice
C13: via Old French from Latin malitia, from malus evil
Synonyms for Malice
animosity, animus, antipathy, bitterness, enmity, grudge, hatred, hostility, ill will, meanness, rancor, resentment, acerbity, bane, bile, despite, dirt, dislike, down, evil, hatefulness, malevolence, maliciousness, malignance, malignity, mordacity, poison, repugnance, spite, spitefulness, spleen, umbrage, venom, viciousness, vindictiveness, bad blood, despitefulness, implacability