malice (noun)
1malice — ► NOUN ▪ the desire to do harm to someone; ill will. ORIGIN Old French, from Latin malus bad …
2malice — mal·ice / ma ləs/ n 1 a: the intention or desire to cause harm (as death, bodily injury, or property damage) to another through an unlawful or wrongful act without justification or excuse b: wanton disregard for the rights of others or for the… …
3malice — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ pure ▪ actual (law) VERB + MALICE ▪ bear (sb) (esp. BrE), hold ▪ He bore me no malice …
4malice — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin malitia, from malus bad Date: 14th century 1. desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another 2. intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or… …
5malice — noun (U) 1 the desire or intention to deliberately harm someone: There was no need for Jane to tell them she did it out of sheer malice. | bear sb no malice (=not want to harm someone although they have behaved badly to you) 2 with malice… …
6malice prepense — noun Malice aforethought …
7malice — noun Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in anothers misfortune. not only was there no gratitude (which he could psychologically handle) but downright malice showed itself instead. Syn: ill will,… …
8malice — noun she had intended no malice toward him Syn: spite, malevolence, ill will, vindictiveness, vengefulness, revenge, malignity, evil intentions, animus, enmity, rancor; informal bitchiness, cattiness; literary maleficence Ant: benevolence …
9malice prepense — noun see malice aforethought …
10malice aforethought — noun The criminal intent which precedes a crime, especially murder …
