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malice

/ˈmælɪs/
Meanings
  • noun

    Intentionally doing harm to someone or something; mischief.

    - "She harbored malice towards her former friend."
    - "The malice of the gossip spread quickly through the town."
  • noun

    A feeling of deep-rooted hatred or desire to harm someone.

    - "He bore malice towards his enemy."
    - "The malice in her heart consumed her."
Pronunciation
  1. /ˈmælɪs/



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Synonyms

evilness , ill will , wickedness , envy , grudge , spite
Rhymes
Words rhyming with malice
vice , nice , price , advice , appliance , device , advice , priest , vice versa , nice guy
Variants
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malice , malices , malice aforethought , with malice aforethought
Etymology
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From Middle English malis, from Old French malice, from mal, bad + -ice, -ness.

Trivia
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  1. Malice is often used interchangeably with the term 'malignancy'.

  2. In ancient Greece, malice was believed to be caused by the evil eye.

  3. Malice can manifest as verbal abuse or physical harm.

Related Concepts
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  1. envy: Envy is a feeling of discontent or resentment towards someone's possessions, qualities, or achievements. Malice and envy are related in that they both involve a desire to harm or undermine someone.

  2. revenge: Malice can lead to a desire for revenge, which is the desire to inflict harm or injury upon someone in response to a perceived wrong.

Quotes
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  1. No doubt his natural floridity of face encouraged whispers, and partisan "malice" exaggerated them; but during the eighteen-thirties he certainly drank enough to invite the solicitude of his friends and the gibes of his enemies.

    - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.,{it}The Age of Jackson{/it},1946

  2. All of this is about control, of course. While nicknames can just as easily be dispensed with affection as with "malice", either way the practice is as stone alpha male as social interaction gets.

    - Garry Trudeau,{it}Time{/it},12 Feb. 2001

  3. The killer that Capote himself became—far more efficiently than Perry and Dick—when, in poisonous prose and on talk-shows, he laid waste his friends and skewered his competitors with "malice" as pure as the air in an oxygen tent.

    - Molly Haskell,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},12 June 1988

  4. It isn't so much courage that I would need, as the patience to endure the grinding "malice" of bureaucratic harassment.

    - Alice Walker,{it}Living by the Word{/it},1981
Culture
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Malice has been a recurring theme in literature, art, and music. It is often depicted as a destructive force that can consume individuals and relationships. In Shakespeare's play 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth's desire for power and malice drives her to commit murder.

How to Memorize "malice"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a heart filled with hatred and a desire to harm. Imagine a person with a scowl on their face and a determined look in their eyes.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word malice with the feeling of hatred and a desire to harm. Remember that it is a destructive force that can consume individuals and relationships.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Malice is a mean, malevolent, malicious, mischievous, and maleficent force'.

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