Malice
Malice noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Unkindness and malice are semantically related In some cases you can use "Unkindness" instead a noun "Malice".
Nearby Word: malicious
Unkindness
Unkindness noun - Lack of sympathy.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hostility and malice
- hostility and unkindness
- animosity and malice
- animosity and unkindness
- meanness and malice
- meanness and unkindness
- bitterness and malice
- bitterness and unkindness
- harshness and malice
- harshness and unkindness
- spite and malice
- spite and unkindness
- ill will and malice
- ill will and unkindness
How words are described
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Unkindness and Malice. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/malice/unkindness
Malice & Unkindness. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/malice/unkindness>.
Unkindness or Malice. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/malice/unkindness.
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