What does malice mean?
Definitions for malice
ˈmæl ɪsmal·ice
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word malice.
Princeton's WordNet
malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venomnoun
feeling a need to see others suffer
malevolence, malevolency, malicenoun
the quality of threatening evil
Wiktionary
malicenoun
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Malicenoun
Etymology: malice, French; malitia, Latin.
God hath forgiven me many sins of malice, and therefore surely he will pity my infirmities. Jeremy Taylor, holy living.
Duncan is in his grave;
Malice domestick, foreign levy, nothing
Can touch him further! William Shakespeare, Macbeth.To Maliceverb
To regard with ill will. Obsolete.
Etymology: from the noun.
The cause why he this fly so maliced,
Was that his mother which him bore and bred,
The most fine-fingered workman on the ground,
Arachne, by his means, was vanquished. Edmund Spenser.
ChatGPT
malice
Malice is a strong feeling or intention to intentionally harm, injure, or cause suffering to someone else, usually motivated by anger, spite, or ill-will. It typically involves a deliberate disregard for the well-being or rights of others and can manifest in various actions or behaviors intending to inflict harm or damage. Malicious acts can include physical violence, deceit, sabotage, defamation, or any other deliberate act that causes harm or distress to another person.
Webster Dictionary
Malicenoun
enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a malignant design of evil
Malicenoun
any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others; willfulness
Maliceverb
to regard with extreme ill will
Wikidata
Malice
Malice is the name of four separate fictional comic book supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe. The original Malice was a minion of Killmonger, an enemy of Black Panther. The second was a short-lived Ghost Rider villain. The last two villains bearing the name Malice are disembodied entities, the first of which possesses Susan Richards of the Fantastic Four, and the second is an evil mutant appearing in X-Men comics.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Malice
mal′is, n. ill-will: spite: disposition to harm others: deliberate mischief: intention to harm another.—adj. Malic′ious, bearing ill-will or spite: moved by hatred or ill-will: having mischievous intentions.—adv. Malic′iously.—n. Malic′iousness. [Fr.,—L. malitia—malus, bad.]
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Anagrams for malice »
claime
maleic
melica
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of malice in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of malice in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of malice in a Sentence
Justice over love: Love is more powerful than malice, but justice is more powerful than love. Love without justice equals malice. Always choose justice over love otherwise you'll get injustice.
There is probably an element of malice in the readiness to overestimate people; we are laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.
A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One wry principle in the mind is of infinite consequence.
Folly is often more cruel in the consequences than malice can be in the intent.
In my mind I knew I mispronounced, but there was no malice. I had no idea the way it came across to many people.
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- خبثArabic
- malíciaCatalan, Valencian
- zlomyslnostCzech
- Böse, BoshaftigkeitGerman
- εμπάθειαGreek
- malicoEsperanto
- maliciaSpanish
- ilkeys, pahantahtoisuusFinnish
- maliceFrench
- քեն, նենգArmenian
- meinfýsni, illgirniIcelandic
- maliziaItalian
- זָדוֹןHebrew
- 悪意Japanese
- malitiaeLatin
- mauāharaMāori
- kwaadaardigheidDutch
- złośliwośćPolish
- malíciaPortuguese
- malițiozitate, malițieRomanian
- злость, зло, злой умысел, злобаRussian
- пакост, малиција, zloća, zlurad, zloba, злонамерност, злурад, malicija, pakost, злоба, zlonamernost, злоћаSerbo-Croatian
- illviljaSwedish
- злий умисел, ЗлістьUkrainian
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