'Malice' definitions:
Definition of 'malice'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Malice'
From: GCIDE
- Malice \Mal"ice\, v. t. To regard with extreme ill will. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'malice'
From: GCIDE
- malice \mal"ice\ (m[a^]l"[i^]s), n. [F. malice, fr. L. malitia, from malus bad, ill, evil, prob. orig., dirty, black; cf. Gr. me`las black, Skr. mala dirt. Cf. Mauger.]
- 1. Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a malignant design of evil. "Nor set down aught in malice." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Envy, hatred, and malice are three distinct passions of the mind. --Ld. Holt. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others; willfulness. [1913 Webster]
- Malice aforethought or Malice prepense, malice previously and deliberately entertained. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Spite; ill will; malevolence; grudge; pique; bitterness; animosity; malignity; maliciousness; rancor; virulence.
- Usage: See Spite. -- Malevolence, Malignity, Malignancy. Malice is a stronger word than malevolence, which may imply only a desire that evil may befall another, while malice desires, and perhaps intends, to bring it about. Malignity is intense and deepseated malice. It implies a natural delight in hating and wronging others. One who is malignant must be both malevolent and malicious; but a man may be malicious without being malignant. [1913 Webster]
- Proud tyrants who maliciously destroy And ride o'er ruins with malignant joy. --Somerville. [1913 Webster]
- in some connections, malignity seems rather more pertinently applied to a radical depravity of nature, and malignancy to indications of this depravity, in temper and conduct in particular instances. --Cogan. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'malice'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrence,
- abomination,
- Anglophobia,
- 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,
- Russophobia,
- spite,
- spitefulness,
- spleen,
- umbrage,
- venom,
- vials of hate,
- vials of wrath,
- wickedness,
- xenophobia