malice
To intend to cause harmTo intend to cause harm; to bear malice.
» I bear no malice toward you.
CM · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo intend to cause harm; to bear malice.
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. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
ruНикогда не приписывайте злому умыслу то, что вполне объясняется глупостью. — Ooneykcall · CC BY 2.0 FR
She bore no malice against you.
She bears malice toward our group.
He did it out of malice.
ruОн сделал это по злобе. — Ooneykcall
deDas hat er aus Bosheit getan. — al_ex_an_der
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
malices, malicing, maliced, malicedSynonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle