Associations to the word «Malice»

Wiktionary

MALICE, noun. Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
MALICE AFORETHOUGHT, noun. (legal) The criminal intent which precedes a crime, especially murder.
MALICE PREPENSE, noun. Malice aforethought.

Dictionary definition

MALICE, noun. Feeling a need to see others suffer.
MALICE, noun. The quality of threatening evil.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope