malice
gb/mˈælɪs/ us/mˈælɪs/
C1
Engleză
~ 5200
Sensuri
0 sensuri
Substantiv
C1
state
1
desire to harm or hurt others
A strong, angry feeling when you want to hurt someone or make something bad happen to them on purpose.
Tipar de utilizare:
[someone] feels malice toward [someone]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes treat 'malice' as a countable noun (e.g., *a malice*, *many malices*). In modern English, 'malice' is almost always uncountable and used without 'a'. Learners may also confuse 'malice' (the feeling or desire) with 'malicious' (the adjective describing a person, action, or comment).
Sinonime
spite (Often suggests small, mean behavior done just to annoy or hurt someone.)
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ill will (Stresses a negative, unfriendly attitude, not always active desire to harm.)
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malevolence (More formal and literary, suggests deep and lasting evil intent.)
Antonime
goodwill (Emphasizes friendly, kind feelings and a wish for others to do well.)
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benevolence (Stresses a positive, generous wish to do good to others.)
Colocații
pure malice
|act out of malice
|with malice
|bear malice toward [someone]
|no malice
|out of sheer malice
Teme
emotions
|conflict
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- She spoke without malice, but her words still hurt him.
- His decision to spread the rumor was driven by pure malice.
- There was open malice in his eyes when he looked at his rival.
- They insisted that the comment was a joke and not said out of malice.
- Years later, he claimed he felt no malice toward his former boss.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- He wrote the email in anger and with malice.
- The boy broke her phone out of malice, not by accident.
- She feels no malice toward her ex-husband now.
- There was malice in his voice when he answered.
- They acted from malice, not from fear.
Substantiv
technical
C2
state
2
legal intent to do wrongful harm
In legal language, the state of mind when a person plans or accepts a wrongful act, like serious injury or death, and does it without any good legal reason.
Tipar de utilizare:
[someone] acts with malice
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may assume legal 'malice' always means strong hatred, but in law it often means simply the intention or awareness of doing something very dangerous or wrongful, even without personal hatred.
Sinonime
wrongful intent (Plain legal-style phrase focusing on the intention to do something against the law.)
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evil intent (Less technical, stresses a morally bad purpose behind the act.)
Antonime
good faith (Legal and everyday term meaning honesty and lack of intention to deceive or harm.)
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lawful justification (Focuses on having an accepted legal reason for the act, which malice lacks.)
Colocații
with malice aforethought
|act with malice
|prove malice
|express malice
|implied malice
|actual malice
Teme
law
|crime
|justice
Exemple
- The prosecution argued that the defendant acted with malice when he set the house on fire.
- To prove murder, they had to show malice and not just careless behavior.
- The judge explained that malice could be implied from the extreme danger of the defendant’s conduct.
- In defamation cases, public figures must prove actual malice to win damages.
- The jury found that there was no malice, reducing the charge to manslaughter.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The lawyer said the crime showed clear malice.
- In this country, murder requires proof of malice.
- The court must decide if there was malice in his actions.
- Without malice, the charge may be less serious.
- They could not prove malice, so he was found not guilty of murder.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
malice
IPA
GB/mˈælɪs/
US/mˈælɪs/
Silabe și accent
malice (1 silabă)
Stress on 1st syllable (malice)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: malice
- Plural: malice
Familie de cuvinte
Core family
malicious
adjective B2
maliciously
adverb C1
Negative and opposite forms
non-malicious
adjective
Advanced or less common
maliciousness
noun
Expresii
bear malice (toward/against someone)
1/bˈɛɹ mˈælɪs tˈaʊɚdəɡˈeɪnst sˈʌmwˌʌn/
idiom
continue to hold malicious feelings
To keep feeling malice toward someone for some time.
Exemple
- Although they argued, she insists she bears him no malice.
- He still bears malice against his former business partner.
malice aforethought
1/mˈælɪs əfˈɔɹθˌɔt/
fixed phrase
technical
pre-planned intention to cause serious harm
A legal term meaning that someone decided to cause serious harm or death before they did the crime.
Exemple
- The jury had to decide whether the killing was done with malice aforethought.
- Without proof of malice aforethought, the charge could not be murder.
malice toward none
1/mˈælɪs təwˈɔɹd nˈʌn/
fixed phrase
literary
showing no desire to harm anyone
A formal or literary way to say that you feel no malice toward any person.
Exemple
- The leader promised to govern with malice toward none and justice for all.
- He tried to live his life with malice toward none, even his enemies.
out of malice
1/ˈaʊt əv mˈælɪs/
fixed phrase
motivated by a wish to harm
Because you feel malice; as a result of wanting to hurt or upset someone.
Exemple
- She didn’t forget your name out of malice; she was just nervous.
- He spread those lies out of malice, not by mistake.
with malice
1/wˈɪθ mˈælɪs/
fixed phrase
in a deliberately harmful way
Done in a way that shows you want to hurt someone or cause problems for them.
Exemple
- The remark was made with malice and was clearly meant to hurt her.
- He claims the article was written with malice to damage his reputation.