English-Thai Dictionary

malice

N ความ มุ่งร้าย  ill-will maliciousness spitefulness kwam-mung-rai

 

malice

N ความอาฆาต พยาบาท  malevolence kwam-ar-kad-pa-ya-bad

 

malice aforethought

N การ ปองร้าย  kan-pong-rai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MALICE

n.[L. malitia, from malus, evil. ] Extreme enmity of heart, or malevolence; a disposition to injure others without cause, from mere personal gratification or from a spirit of revenge; unprovoked malignity or spite. --Nor set down aught in malice.

 

MALICE

v.t.To regard with extreme ill will. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MALICE

Mal "ice, n. Etym: [F. malice, fr. L. malitia, from malus bad, ill, evil, prob. orig. , dirty, black; cf. Gr. mala dirt. Cf. Mauger. ]

 

1. Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a malignant design of evil. "Nor set down aught in malice. " Shak. Envy, hatred, and malice are three distinct passions of the mind. Ld. Holt.

 

2. (Law )

 

Defn: Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others;willfulness. Malice aforethought or prepense, malice previously and deliberately entertained.

 

Syn. -- Spite; ill will; malevolence; grudge; pique; bitterness; animosity; malignity; maliciousness; rancor; virulence. See Spite. -- Malevolence, Malignity, Malignancy. Malice is a stronger word than malevolence, which may imply only a desire that evil may befall another, while malice desires, and perhaps intends, to bring it about. Malignity is intense and deepseated malice. It implies a natural delight in hating and wronging others. One who is malignant must be both malevolent and malicious; but a man may be malicious without being malignant. Proud tyrants who maliciously destroy And ride o'er ruins with malignant joy. Somerville. in some connections, malignity seems rather more pertinently applied to a radical depravity of nature, and malignancy to indications of this depravity, in temper and conduct in particular instances. Cogan.

 

MALICE

MALICE Mal "ice, v. t.

 

Defn: To regard with extreme ill will. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

malice

mal ice |ˈmaləs ˈmæləs | ▶noun the intention or desire to do evil; ill will: I bear no malice toward anybody. • Law wrongful intention, esp. as increasing the guilt of certain offenses. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin malitia, from malus ‘bad. ’

 

malice aforethought

mal ice a fore thought ▶noun Law the intention to kill or harm, which is held to distinguish unlawful killing from murder.

 

Oxford Dictionary

malice

mal ¦ice |ˈmalɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the desire to harm someone; ill will: I bear no malice towards anybody. • Law wrongful intention, especially as increasing the guilt of certain offences. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin malitia, from malus ‘bad ’.

 

malice aforethought

mal ¦ice afore |thought ▶noun [ mass noun ] Law the intention to kill or harm, which distinguishes murder from unlawful killing.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

malice

malice noun she had intended no malice toward him: spite, malevolence, ill will, vindictiveness, vengefulness, revenge, malignity, evil intentions, animus, enmity, rancor; informal bitchiness, cattiness; literary maleficence. ANTONYMS benevolence.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

malice

malice noun the malice of evil men who hated his good qualities: spitefulness, spite, malevolence, maliciousness, animosity, hostility, ill will, ill feeling, hatred, hate, bitterness, venom, vindictiveness, vengefulness, revenge, malignity, malignance, evil intentions, animus, enmity, devilment, devilry, bad blood, backbiting, gall, rancour, spleen, grudge; informal bitchiness, cattiness; literary maleficence. ANTONYMS benevolence.

 

French Dictionary

malice

malice n. f. nom féminin Moquerie, raillerie sans méchanceté. : Elles plaisantent sans malice. SYNONYME espièglerie .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

malice

mal ice /mǽlɪs /〖mal (悪い )ice (状態 )〗名詞 U 1 «…に対する » 悪意 , 敵意 «toward , against , to » ▸ without malice 悪意なしに ▸ bear A no malice ≒ bear no malice toward A A 〈人 〉に敵意を抱いていない 2 〘法 〙犯意 ▸ with malice aforethought 予謀 [計画的犯意 ]を持って