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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.
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| Noun | 1. |  malice - feeling a need to see others suffermalevolence, malignity - wishing evil to others |
| 2. |  malice - the quality of threatening evil bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness - malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty beastliness, meanness - the quality of being deliberately mean |
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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]
"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
nounA desire to harm others or to see others suffer:
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Translations
حِقْد، ضَغينَه، مَكْر
nepřátelstvízloba
ondskabsfuldhed
ilkeyspahantahtoisuus
malicijapakostzlobazloća
illgirniillgirni, meinfÿsnimeinfýsni
pikta valiapikti kėslai
ļaunprātība
malice
[ˈmælɪs] N1. (= grudge) → rencor m; (= badness) → malicia f
to bear sb malice → guardar rencor a algn
I bear him no malice → no le guardo rencor
out of malice → por malicia
with malice toward none → sin mala intención hacia nadie
to bear sb malice → guardar rencor a algn
I bear him no malice → no le guardo rencor
out of malice → por malicia
with malice toward none → sin mala intención hacia nadie
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
malice
n
→ Bosheit f, → Bösartigkeit f; (of action) → Böswilligkeit f; a look of malice → ein boshafter Blick; out of malice → aus Bosheit; to bear somebody malice → einen Groll gegen jdn hegen; I bear him no malice → ich bin ihm nicht böse
(Jur) with malice aforethought → in böswilliger Absicht, vorsätzlich
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
malice
(ˈmӕlis) noun the wish to harm other people etc. There was no malice intended in what she said.
malˈicious (-ʃəs) adjectiveShe took a malicious pleasure in hurting others.
maˈliciously adverbKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
malice
n. malicia, malos deseos.
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