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MALICE

malevolence, malevolency, malice - n 
the quality of threatening evil 

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Synonyms

cattiness, despite, hatefulness, malevolence, maliciousness, malignance, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness, spleen, venom, viciousness

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Examples

“She recoiled inwardly at the malice in his eyes.”

“Actions done with malice have no good intention.”

“If a person commits a crime with malice, they did it on purpose.”

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Etymology

c. 1300, "desire to hurt another, propensity to inflict injury or suffering, active ill-will," from Old French malice "ill will, spite, sinfulness, wickedness" (12c.), from Latin malitia "badness, ill will, spite," from malus "bad, unpleasant" (see mal-). In legal use, "a design or intention of doing mischief to another without justification or excuse" (1540s).

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