malice

  • 31malice — /ˈmæləs / (say maluhs) noun 1. desire to inflict injury or suffering on another. 2. Law evil intent on the part of someone who commits a wrongful act injurious to others, technically called malitia praecogitata, or malice prepense or malice… …

  • 32malice — Synonyms and related words: Anglophobia, Russophobia, abhorrence, abomination, animosity, animus, antagonism, anti Semitism, antipathy, aversion, bane, belligerence, bigotry, bile, bitchiness, bitterness, clash, clashing, collision, conflict,… …

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  • 33malice — mal|ice [ mælıs ] noun uncount a strong feeling of wanting to hurt someone or be unkind to them: I say this without malice. He has no malice towards Kevin …

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  • 34malice — UK [ˈmælɪs] / US noun [uncountable] a strong feeling of wanting to hurt someone or be unkind to them I say this without malice. He has no malice towards Kevin …

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  • 35malice — /mal is/, n. 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… …

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  • 36malice — noun Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in anothers misfortune. not only was there no gratitude (which he could psychologically handle) but downright malice showed itself instead. Syn: ill will,… …

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  • 37Malice — Ma|li|ce 〈[ sə] f. 19; geh.〉 1. Bosheit 2. boshafte Bemerkung [frz., „Bosheit“] * * * Ma|li|ce [ma li:sə], die; , n [frz. malice < lat. malitia, ↑maliziös] (veraltend): 1. ↑Bosheit (a). 2 …

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  • 38malice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. malevolence, spite, ill will, animosity. Ant., goodwill. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. spite, rancor, animosity, maliciousness, hate, ill feeling, hostility, grudge, implacability, bitterness, antipathy,… …

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  • 39Malice — Ma|li|ce [ma li:sə] die; , n <aus gleichbed. fr. malice, dies aus lat. malitia »Arglist«, vgl. ↑maliziös> (veraltet) 1. Bosheit. 2. boshafte Äußerung …

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  • 40malice — noun she had intended no malice toward him Syn: spite, malevolence, ill will, vindictiveness, vengefulness, revenge, malignity, evil intentions, animus, enmity, rancor; informal bitchiness, cattiness; literary maleficence Ant: benevolence …

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