Malice

Noun

 * 1) Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way.  Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
 * 2) * 1981, Philip K. Dick, Valis, ISBN 0-553-20594-3, page 67:
 * not only was there no gratitude (which he could psychologically handle) but downright malice showed itself instead.

Synonyms

 * ill will
 * wickedness
 * evilness

Derived terms

 * malicious

Related terms

 * malady

Thesaurus
Anglophobia, Russophobia, abhorrence, abomination, animosity, animus, antagonism, anti-Semitism, antipathy, aversion, bane, belligerence, bigotry, bile, bitchiness, bitterness, clash, clashing, collision, conflict, contention, cussedness, despite, despitefulness, detestation, devilment, devilry, deviltry, dislike, down, enmity, evil intent, execration, friction, grudge, harmfulness, hate, hatefulness, hatred, hostility, ill will, iniquitousness, invidiousness, loathing, maleficence, malevolence, malice aforethought, malice prepense, maliciousness, malignance, malignancy, malignity, meanness, misandry, misanthropy, misogyny, nastiness, noxiousness, odium, orneriness, poison, quarrelsomeness, race hatred, racism, repugnance, resentment, spite, spitefulness, spleen, umbrage, venom, vials of hate, vials of wrath, wickedness, xenophobia

Etymology
< <  <  malitia: < malus:.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Croatian: malicija,, ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,


 * Icelandic: illgirni, meinfýsni
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: злой умысел
 * Serbian: pakost, zloba, zlonamernost, zlurad
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: illvilja

Anagrams

 * claime, maleic

Adverb

 * 1) maliciously