Malice
Malice noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: there was no reason other than pure malice to spread such disgusting lies all over campus
Mean-spiritedness and malice are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mean-spiritedness" instead a noun "Malice".
Nearby Word: malicious
Mean-spiritedness
Malice and mean-spiritedness are semantically related. You can use "Malice" instead a noun phrase "Mean-spiritedness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hostility and malice
- hostility and mean-spiritedness
- animosity and malice
- animosity and mean-spiritedness
- meanness and malice
- meanness and mean-spiritedness
- bitterness and malice
- bitterness and mean-spiritedness
- spite and malice
- spite and mean-spiritedness
- ill will and malice
- ill will and mean-spiritedness
- grudge and malice
- grudge and mean-spiritedness
Cite this Source
Mean-spiritedness and Malice. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/malice/mean-spiritedness
Malice & Mean-spiritedness. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/malice/mean-spiritedness>.
Mean-spiritedness or Malice. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/malice/mean-spiritedness.
