maliciousness

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ma·li·cious

(mə-lĭsh′əs)

adj.

1. Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.

2. Law Done with malice.

ma·li′cious·ly adv.

ma·li′cious·ness n.

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Noun

maliciousness - feeling a need to see others suffer

malice, spite, spitefulness, venom

malevolence, malignity - wishing evil to others

maliciousness

noun

A desire to harm others or to see others suffer:

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

Translations

malignità

maliciousness

[məˈlɪʃəsnɪs] n → cattiveria, malignità f inv

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There was a hint of menace in it, a maliciousness which their black looks verified.

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