Complete Definition of "malice"

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Pronunciation
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Noun
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#intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. To take pleasure in anothers misfortune.
#*1981, Philip K. Dick, Valis, ISBN 0-553-20594-3, p. 67
#*:... not only was there no gratitude (which he could psychologically handle) but downright malice showed itself instead. Fat had noted this but had written it off as nothing more than irritability, a form of impatience.

Synonyms
ill will
wickedness
evilness

Derived terms
malicious

Translations

Dutch: kwaadaardigheid
Finnish: pahantahtoisuus, ilkeys
German: Boshaftigkeit, Böse
Italian: malizia f
Portuguese: malícia f
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Serbian: pakost, zloba, zlonamernost
Swedish: illvilja

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