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noun
- 1. the desire to harm someone; ill will: "I bear no malice towards anybody"
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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: 1. the wish to harm or upset other people: 2. To illegally harm someone with malice aforethought…. Learn 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.
Malice is behaviour that is intended to harm people or their reputations, or cause them embarrassment and upset.
Definition of malice noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. Out of all the emotions and thoughts you can have, malice is one of the most dangerous.
malice noun. Meaning & use. I. Malicious intent. I.1.a. a1325–. The intention or desire to do evil or cause injury to another person; active ill will or hatred. In later use also in weakened sense: mischievous intent, the desire to discomfort. a1325.
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.
malice in American English. (ˈmælɪs) noun. 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.
