Synonyms for malice
ˈmæl ɪsmal·ice

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1. malicenoun

   Synonyms:
   evilness, ill will, wickedness

2. malicenoun

   Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.

   Synonyms:
   wickedness, ill will, evilness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. malice

   Enmity is the state of being an enemy or the feeling and disposition characterizing an enemy (compare ENEMY). Animosity denotes a feeling more active and vehement, but often less enduring and determined, than enmity. Enmity distinctly recognizes its object as an enemy, to be met or dealt with accordingly. Hostility is enmity in action; the term hostilities between nations denotes actual armed collision. Bitterness is a resentful feeling arising from a belief that one has been wronged; acrimony is a kindred feeling, but deeper and more persistent, and may arise from the crossing of one's wishes or plans by another, where no injustice or wrong is felt. Antagonism, as between two competing authors or merchants, does not necessarily imply enmity, but ordinarily suggests a shade, at least, of hostile feeling. Malice is a disposition or intent to injure others, for the gratification of some evil passion; malignity is intense and violent enmity, hatred, or malice. Compare synonyms for ACRIMONY; ANGER; HATRED.

   Synonyms:
   acrimony, animosity, antagonism, bitterness, enmity, hatred, hostility, ill will, malevolence, malignity, rancor, spite

   Antonyms:
   agreement, alliance, amity, concord, friendship, harmony, kindliness, kindness, regard, sympathy

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1. malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venomnoun

   feeling a need to see others suffer

   Synonyms:
   nastiness, cattiness, malevolence, spite, malevolency, spitefulness, venom, bitchiness, maliciousness

2. malevolence, malevolency, malicenoun

   the quality of threatening evil

   Synonyms:
   malevolence, malevolency, spitefulness, maliciousness, venom, malignity, spite

Matched Categories

1. • Evil
   • Malevolence

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1. malicenoun

   Synonyms:
   malevolence, maliciousness, malignity, rancor, venom, hate, spite, ill-will

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1. malicenoun

   Synonyms:
   hatred, rancor, malevolence, animosity

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1. List of paraphrases for "malice":

   mischief, rogue, wickedness, grudge, viciousness, evil-doing

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1. Aldous Huxley:

   At least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas.

2. Three Chicago police officers:

   There was no malice, no hatred on that night.

3. Jack Holland:

   Gossip is always a personal confession of malice or imbecility; it is a low, frivolous, and too often a dirty business. There are neighborhoods where it rages like a pest; churches are split in pieces by it, and neighbor made enemies for life. Let the young avoid or cure it while they may.

4. Logan Pearsall Smith:

   A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.

5. Iris Murdoch:

   Possibly, more people kill themselves and others out of hurt vanity than out of envy, jealousy, malice or desire for revenge.