Malice — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

feeling a need to see others suffer

the quality of threatening evil

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈælɪs/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈalɪs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈalɪs/

2 syllables Say it as /mˈælɪs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

malevolency venom spitefulness maliciousness spite malevolence

Word Forms

malicious	adjective	having the nature of or resulting from malice; ; - Rudyard Kipling
spite	verb	hurt the feelings of
spiteful	adjective	showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite
venomous	adjective	marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
malevolent	adjective	having or exerting a malignant influence

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Bosheit

das Bedürfnis verspüren, andere leiden zu sehen

🇪🇸Spanish

malicia

sentir la necesidad de ver sufrir a los demás

🇮🇹Italian

malizia

sentire il bisogno di vedere gli altri soffrire

🇳🇱Dutch

boosaardigheid

de behoefte voelen om anderen te zien lijden

🇵🇹Portuguese

malícia

sentindo necessidade de ver os outros sofrerem

🇷🇺Russian

злоба

чувство потребности видеть, как страдают другие

India

🇮🇳Hindi

द्वेष

दूसरों को पीड़ित देखने की आवश्यकता महसूस करना

🇧🇩Bengali

বিদ্বেষ

অন্যদের কষ্ট দেখার প্রয়োজন অনুভব করা

🇮🇳Tamil

தீமை

மற்றவர்கள் கஷ்டப்படுவதைப் பார்க்க வேண்டும் என்ற உணர்வு

🇮🇳Telugu

దుర్బుద్ధి

ఇతరులు బాధపడటం చూడాలని ఫీలింగ్

🇮🇳Marathi

द्वेष

इतरांचे दुःख पाहण्याची गरज वाटणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

દ્વેષ

અન્યને પીડાતા જોવાની જરૂરિયાત અનુભવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ದುರುದ್ದೇಶ

ಇತರರು ಬಳಲುತ್ತಿರುವುದನ್ನು ನೋಡುವ ಅಗತ್ಯತೆಯ ಭಾವನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദുഷ്ടത

മറ്റുള്ളവർ കഷ്ടപ്പെടുന്നത് കാണണമെന്ന് തോന്നുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੁਰਾਈ

ਦੂਜਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਦੁੱਖ ਦੇਖਣ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਮਹਿਸੂਸ ਕਰਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

بدنیتی

دوسروں کو تکلیف دیکھنے کی ضرورت محسوس کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

恶意

感觉需要看到别人受苦

🇯🇵Japanese

悪意

他人が苦しむのを見る必要があると感じる

🇰🇷Korean

악의

다른 사람이 고통받는 것을 보고 싶은 욕구

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ác tâm

cảm thấy cần phải nhìn thấy người khác đau khổ

🇹🇭Thai

ความอาฆาตพยาบาท

รู้สึกอยากเห็นคนอื่นต้องทนทุกข์

🇮🇩Indonesian

kebencian

merasa perlu melihat orang lain menderita

🇵🇭Filipino

malisya

pakiramdam ng pangangailangan na makita ang iba na nagdurusa

🇲🇾Malay

niat jahat

merasakan keperluan untuk melihat orang lain menderita

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حقد

الشعور بالحاجة لرؤية الآخرين يعانون

🇮🇷Persian

بدخواهی

احساس نیاز به دیدن رنج دیگران

🇹🇷Turkish

kötülük

başkalarının acı çektiğini görme ihtiyacı hissetmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

זָדוֹן

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