malicenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈmæl.ɪs/us/ˈmæl.ɪs/the wish to harm or upset other people:
There certainly wasn't any malice in her comments.
formal I bear him no malice (= do not want to harm or upset him).
with malice aforethought specialized
To illegally harm someone with malice aforethought is to have thought about it and planned it before acting.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acidly
- backbite
- backbiting
- backhanded
- barbaric
- bilious
- cruelty
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- hard-hearted
- have a heart of stone idiom
- insensible
- malign
- remorseless
- ruthless
- sadism
- sadist
- savagery
- waspish
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Planning, expecting and arranging