malice

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.

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[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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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	malice - feeling a need to see others suffer maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom malevolence, malignity - wishing evil to others
	2.	malice - the quality of threatening evil   malevolency, malevolence 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

A desire to harm others or to see others suffer:

despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness, viciousness.

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Translations

حِقْد، ضَغينَه، مَكْر

nepřátelstvízloba

ondskabsfuldhed

BöseBoshaftigkeitBosheitBöswilligkeit

malicia

ilkeyspahantahtoisuus

malicijapakostzlobazloća

illgirniillgirni, meinfÿsnimeinfýsni

maliziamalanimomalignamentemalignitàmaligno

pikta valiapikti kėslai

ļaunprātība

kwaadaardigheid

kötülük

恶意

malice

[ˈmælɪs] N

1. (= 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

2. (Jur) → intención f delictuosa, dolo m
malice aforethought → premeditación f

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malice

[ˈmælɪs] n → méchanceté f, malveillance f

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

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malice

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

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. kwaadwilligheid حِقْد، ضَغينَه، مَكْر злоба maldade zloba, nepřátelství diee Böswilligkeit ondskabsfuldhed κακία, δόλοςmalicia kuri kavatsus بد خواهی pahanilkisyys méchancetéזדון द्वेष, दुर्भाव, दुर्भावना zloba rosszindulat kejahatan illgirni, meinfÿsni malanimo 悪意 악의, 적의 pikta valia, pikti kėslai ļaunprātība niat jahat kwaadaardigheidondskap; 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 μοχθηρόςmalicioso õel بد اندیش pahanilkinen méchantזדוני दुर्भावपूर्ण, नटखट zloban rosszindulatú jahat illgjarn, meinfÿsinn malevolo 意地悪な 악의 있는 piktas, piktavališkas ļaunprātīgs; ļauns perbuatan niat jahat kwaadaardigondsinnet, hatefullzłośliwy 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 méchancetéבזדון दुर्भावपूर्वक zlobno rosszindulatúan secara jahat illgirnislega con malanimo 意地悪く 악의를 갖고 piktai ļaunprātīgi; ļauni dengan niat jahat kwaadaardigondsinnet, 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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