Noun

(-)

Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.

* 1981 , , Valis , ISBN 0-553-20594-3, page 67:

not only was there no gratitude (which he could psychologically handle) but downright malice showed itself instead.

Noun

(uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.

(countable) Specific instance of being intensely terrified.

* 1794 , (William Godwin),

The terrors with which I was seizedwere extreme.

(uncountable) The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.

* 1921', (Edith Birkhead), ''The tale of '''terror : a study of the Gothic romance

(countable) Something or someone that causes such fear.

* 1841 , (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

The terrors of the storm

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