malice.
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
Meaning & usage
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
Your voice positively drips malice.
An intention to do injury to another party, which in many jurisdictions is a distinguishing factor between the crimes of murder and manslaughter.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English malice, borrowed from Old French malice, from Latin malitia (“badness, bad quality, ill-will, spite”), from malus (“bad”).
To intend to cause harm; to bear malice.
Where this word comes from
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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