malice
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A whimsical illustration of a shadowed figure discreetly placing a tripwire on a forest path.
This image uses a visual metaphor to represent 'malice'. A shadowed figure subtly placing a tripwire in a path evokes the idea of intention to harm without being overtly violent. 'Whimsical' adds a sense of playfulness that contrasts with the malicious act, making it more memorable.
- noun — malices
- Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
- […] not only was there no gratitude (which he could psychologically handle) but downright malice showed itself instead.
- An intention to do injury to another party, which in many jurisdictions is a distinguishing factor between the crimes of murder and manslaughter.
- Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
- verb — malices; malicing; maliced
- To intend to cause harm; to bear malice.
- Thou blinded God (quod I) forgive me this offence, / Unwittingly I went about, to malice thy pretence.
- I am so far from malicing their states, / That I begin to pity 'em.
- Here's a list of side effects / Practice tested / Covering every maliced angle / For example: / You will sleep forever / You will never sleep again
- Robert Truswell may have been a belligerent and malicing man, a jury heard this morning during the trial of George Kieran Daunt.
- I haven't maliced anybody, definitely not. I never used to have friends like that. I had a few who I thought were friends. Even if you have friends, things happen and friendship break up, but you move on. But I still talk to everybody.
- To intend to cause harm; to bear malice.