Malice vs Malicious - What's the difference?
malice | malicious | Derived terms |
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
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Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
spiteful and deliberately harmful
Malicious is a derived term of malice.
As a noun malice
is intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.As an adjective malicious is
of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite.malice
English
Noun
(-)- not only was there no gratitude (which he could psychologically handle) but downright malice showed itself instead.
Synonyms
* ill will * wickedness * evilnessDerived terms
* maliciousExternal links
* *Anagrams
* ----malicious
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.