Malignity
Malignity noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: one of the characters in the novel is a slave driver of such malignity that he came to be one of the most famous villains in all of literature
Vitriol and malignity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vitriol" instead a noun "Malignity".
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