malice
noun /ˈmælɪs/
/ˈmælɪs/
[uncountable]Idioms - a desire to harm somebody caused by a feeling of hate
- She is entirely without malice.
- out of malice He sent the letter out of malice.
- He certainly bears you no malice (= does not want to harm you).
- The ghosts are described as if they bear actual malice towards humans.
Extra Examples- She felt no malice.
- She fired him out of sheer malice.
- Paul had told him about it with a hint of malice.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pure
- actual
- bear (somebody)
- hold
- out of malice
- with malice
- without malice
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin malitia, from malus ‘bad’.
Idioms
with malice aforethought
- (law) with the deliberate intention of committing a crime or harming somebody