malice

«malice» in Mova's school dictionary: the wish to hurt someone or make bad things happen to them — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (malice)

meaning for a pupil

1) Malice is the wish to hurt someone or make bad things happen to them. tree →

2) (law) Malice is the intention to do harm when breaking the law. tree →

3) Malice can also mean playful teasing that is not really meant to be unkind. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories malice marks a villain; in ethics lessons, it separates a mistake from a cruel act done on purpose. Phrases: with malice, out of malice, without malice.

examples

• The witch looked at the princess with malice. tree →
• He broke the toy by accident, not out of malice. tree →
• There was no malice in her joke. tree →
• The bully acted with malice. tree →
• «Malice aforethought» is an old legal phrase. tree →
• Gossip can be full of malice. tree →

note

Uncountable. Adjective: malicious. In ethics, what someone meant (malice or an accident) matters a lot when judging what they did.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «malice» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.