malice

  • 21MALICE — n. f. Inclination à nuire, à mal faire, à causer de la peine. Il a un fonds de malice. Il a fait cela par malice, par pure malice. Par extension, La malice de ses discours n’épargne personne. Dans le langage de la Théologie, La malice du péché,… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 22malice — A state of mind, being ill will, hatred, or hostility entertained by one person toward another. 34 Am J1st Mal § 2. More precisely, that state of mind which prompts the intentional doing of a wrongful act without legal justification or excuse.… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 23Malice — Para la película dirigida por Harold Becker, véase Malice (película). Malice Datos generales Origen Sussex, Inglaterra …

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  • 24malice — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ pure ▪ actual (law) VERB + MALICE ▪ bear (sb) (esp. BrE), hold ▪ He bore me no malice …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 25malice — mal|ice [ˈmælıs] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin malitia, from malus bad ] 1.) the desire to harm someone because you hate them with malice ▪ His eyes gleamed with malice. sheer/pure malice ▪ She did it out of sheer malice. ▪ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26Malice — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Malice », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Malice, film américano canadien réalisé par… …

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  • 27malice — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin malitia, from malus bad Date: 14th century 1. desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another 2. intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28malice — n. 1) to bear malice towards 2) (legal) with malice aforethought * * * [ mælɪs] (legal) with malice aforethought to bear malice towards …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 29malice — noun (U) 1 the desire or intention to deliberately harm someone: There was no need for Jane to tell them she did it out of sheer malice. | bear sb no malice (=not want to harm someone although they have behaved badly to you) 2 with malice… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30malice — [[t]mæ̱lɪs[/t]] N UNCOUNT Malice is behaviour that is intended to harm people or their reputations, or cause them embarrassment and upset. There was a strong current of malice in many of his portraits... There was no malice on his part …

    English dictionary