имя существительное 1) злоба Например: to bear malice to somebody — таить злобу против кого-либо They felt no malice toward their former enemies. — Они не чувствовали злобы по отношению к своим бывшим врагам. Синоним(ы): spite, rage 2) [юриспруденция] злой умысел Например: actual malice / malice in fact — злой умысел, установленный по фактическим обстоятельствам дела challengeable malice / questionable malice — спорный злой умысел challenged malice — оспоренный злой умысел established malice — доказанный злой умысел express malice — явно выраженный злой умысел found malice — признанный злой умысел malice aforethought — заранее обдуманный злой умысел murderous malice — злой умысел на совершение убийства presumed malice — предполагаемый злой умысел testified malice — злой умысел по свидетельским показаниям universal malice — неконкретизированный злой умысел
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin malitia, from malus bad 1. desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another 2. intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse Synonyms: malice, malevolence, ill will, spite, malignity, spleen, grudge mean the desire to see another experience pain, injury, or distress. malice implies a deep-seated often unexplainable desire to see another suffer Example: felt no malice toward their former enemies. malevolence suggests a bitter persistent hatred that is likely to be expressed in malicious conduct Example: a look of dark malevolence. ill will implies a feeling of antipathy of limited duration Example: ill will provoked by a careless remark. spite implies petty feelings of envy and resentment that are often expressed in small harassments Example: petty insults inspired by spite. malignity implies deep passion and relentlessness Example: a life consumed by motiveless malignity. spleen suggests the wrathful release of latent spite or persistent malice Example: venting his spleen against politicians. grudge implies a harbored feeling of resentment or ill will that seeks satisfaction Example: never one to harbor a grudge.