malice
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral wayIntention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
» I bear no malice toward you.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
Your voice positively drips malice.
Boshaftigkeit, Böse, Bosheit
злой у́мыселzloj úmysel, зло́баzlóba, злостьzlostʹ
(uncountable, usually)An intention to do injury to another party, which in many jurisdictions is a distinguishing factor between the crimes of murder and manslaughter.
- feeling a need to see others suffer
- the quality of threatening evil
Examples
37 sentencesI bear no malice toward you.
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Ніколи не вбачайте злого наміру в тому, що цілком можна пояснити дурістю.
ruНикогда не приписывайте злому умыслу то, что вполне объясняется глупостью.
She bore no malice against you.
She bears malice toward our group.
He did it out of malice.
ruОн сделал это по злобе.
deDas hat er aus Bosheit getan.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English malice, borrowed from Old French malice, from Latin malitia (“badness,From Middle English malice, borrowed from Old French malice, from Latin malitia (“badness, bad quality, ill-will, spite”), from malus (“bad”).
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Forms
plural: malices| Singular | malice |
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uncountable
Synonyms
9 synonyms- feeling a need to see others suffer:maliciousnessspitespitefulnessvenom
- the quality of threatening evil:malevolencemalevolency
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable