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mal·ice

(măl′ĭs)
n.
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.]
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malice

(ˈmælɪs)
n
1. the desire to do harm or mischief
2. evil intent
3. (Law) law the state of mind with which an act is committed and from which the intent to do wrong may be inferred
[C13: via Old French from Latin malitia, from malus evil]
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mal•ice

(ˈmæl ɪs)

n.
1. a desire to inflict harm or suffering on another.
2. harmful intent on the part of a person who commits an unlawful act injurious to another.
[1250–1300; < Old French < Latin malitia. See mal-, -ice]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:malice - feeling a need to see others suffer]malice - feeling a need to see others suffer
malevolence, malignity - wishing evil to others
2. [画像:malice - the quality of threatening evil]malice - the quality of threatening evil
bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness - malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
cruelness, cruelty, harshness - the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
beastliness, meanness - the quality of being deliberately mean
evilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"
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malice

noun spite, animosity, enmity, hate, hatred, bitterness, venom, spleen, rancour, bad blood, ill will, animus, malevolence, vindictiveness, evil intent, malignity, spitefulness, vengefulness, maliciousness There was no malice on his part.
Quotations
"Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms" [George Savile, Marquess of Halifax Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Thoughts]
"Malice is only another name for mediocrity" [Patrick Kavanagh]
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malice

noun
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Translations
حِقْد، ضَغينَه، مَكْر
nepřátelstvízloba
ondskabsfuldhed
ilkeyspahantahtoisuus
malicijapakostzlobazloća
illgirniillgirni, meinfÿsnimeinfýsni
pikta valiapikti kėslai
ļaunprātība

malice

[ˈmælɪs] N
1. (= grudge) → rencor m; (= badness) → malicia f
to bear sb maliceguardar rencor a algn
I bear him no maliceno le guardo rencor
out of malicepor malicia
with malice toward nonesin mala intención hacia nadie
2. (Jur) → intención f delictuosa, dolo m
malice aforethoughtpremeditación f
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malice

[ˈmælɪs] nméchanceté f, malveillance f
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malice

n
Bosheit f, → Bösartigkeit f; (of action)Böswilligkeit f; a look of maliceein boshafter Blick ; out of maliceaus Bosheit ; to bear somebody maliceeinen Groll gegen jdn hegen ; I bear him no maliceich bin ihm nicht böse
(Jur) with malice aforethoughtin böswilliger Absicht, vorsätzlich
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malice

[ˈmælɪs] ncattiveria, malevolenza
I bear him no malice → non gli serbo nessun rancore
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malice

(ˈmӕlis) noun
the wish to harm other people etc. There was no malice intended in what she said. kwaadwilligheid حِقْد، ضَغينَه، مَكْر злоба maldade zloba, nepřátelství diee Böswilligkeit ondskabsfuldhed κακία, δόλος malicia kuri kavatsus بد خواهی pahanilkisyys méchanceté זדון द्वेष, दुर्भाव, दुर्भावना zloba rosszindulat kejahatan illgirni, meinfÿsni malanimo 悪意 악의, 적의 pikta valia, pikti kėslai ļaunprātība niat jahat kwaadaardigheid ondskap; nag, sjikane złośliwość چاته بد پيرزو كول maldade răutate злой умысел zloba, nenávisť zloba pakost illvilja ความมุ่งร้าย kötülük 惡意 злоба کینہ، کپٹ ác ý 恶意
malˈicious (-ʃəs) adjective
She took a malicious pleasure in hurting others. kwaadwillige حَقود، خَبيث، ماكِر злобен maldoso zlomyslný boshaft ondskabsfuld μοχθηρός malicioso õel بد اندیش pahanilkinen méchant זדוני दुर्भावपूर्ण, नटखट zloban rosszindulatú jahat illgjarn, meinfÿsinn malevolo 意地悪な 악의 있는 piktas, piktavališkas ļaunprātīgs; ļauns perbuatan niat jahat kwaadaardig ondsinnet, hatefull złośliwy بد فكره maldoso rău­tă­cios злобный zlomyseľný zloben pakosan illvillig มุ่งร้าย kötü niyetli 有惡意的 злісний, злий بغض، بیر پر مبنی có ác tâm 有恶意的
maˈliciously adverb
kwaadwillig بِحِقْد، بِخُبْث злобно maldosamente zlomyslně boshaft ondskabsfuldt μοχθηρά con malicia, maliciosamente kuritahtlikult بد اندیشانه pahanilkisesti avec méchanceté בזדון दुर्भावपूर्वक zlobno rosszindulatúan secara jahat illgirnislega con malanimo 意地悪く 악의를 갖고 piktai ļaunprātīgi; ļauni dengan niat jahat kwaadaardig ondsinnet, hatefullt złośliwie بد انديښه maldosamente cu răutate; maliţios злобно zlomyseľne zlobno pakosno illvilligt อย่างมุ่งร้าย kötü niyetle 惡意地 злісно; умисно بری نیت سے một cách ác ý 恶意地
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malice

n. malicia, malos deseos.
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Then, full of his evil purpose, Godrich thought no more of his oath to the dead king, but cast Goldboru into a darksome prison, where she was poorly clad and ill-fed.
After the Russian and his party, which consisted of Paulvitch and the several men he had left upon the Kincaid to attend to the matter of coaling, had retreated before her fire, Jane realized that it would be but a temporary respite from their attentions which she had gained, and with the conviction came a determination to make a bold and final stroke for freedom from the menacing threat of Rokoff's evil purpose.
Bob Sawyer, and prompted him for his (the demon's) own evil purpose to speak as follows:--
With this excellent resolve for the future, Goodman Brown felt himself justified in making more haste on his present evil purpose. He had taken a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind.
His sinful eye was dazzled and he hid himself behind an altar, with an evil purpose in his heart, but a priest discovered him and turned him out.
But recollect from this time that all good things perverted to evil purposes, are worse than those which are naturally bad.
The night was getting on to what I may call its deepest hour, the hour most favourable to evil purposes of men's hate, despair or greed--to whatever can whisper into their ears the unlawful counsels of protest against things that are; the hour of ill-omened silence and chill and stagnation, the hour when the criminal plies his trade and the victim of sleeplessness reaches the lowest depth of dreadful discouragement; the hour before the first sight of dawn.
As the guide took us through the compounds, I observed firsthand the jarring contrast between the Nazis' highly organized processes and their evil purpose, such as the cramped train cars that brought the victims to the camp and the tiny rations that starved many to death.
Until then, these are all rumors and mere attempts at creating fear among residents of the city, for whatever evil purpose,' it said in a statement.
Though beasts may be, in Jack London's phrase, "red in tooth and claw," they live and die by natural selection and are without evil purpose, without malice, without sin.

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