Malice
Malice noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Maleficence and malice are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Maleficence" instead a noun "Malice". literary substitute
Nearby Word: malicious
Maleficence
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hostility and malice
- hostility and maleficence
- animosity and malice
- animosity and maleficence
- evil and malice
- evil and maleficence
- bitterness and malice
- bitterness and maleficence
- malignancy and malice
- malignancy and maleficence
- wickedness and malice
- wickedness and maleficence
- mischief and malice
- mischief and maleficence
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Maleficence and Malice. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/malice/maleficence
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