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malice

/ˈmælɪs/noun

उच्चारण मैलिस

द्वेष, दुर्भावना, बैर

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noun
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    a feeling of hatred for somebody that causes a desire to harm them

    द्वेष, दुर्भावना, बैर

    • He did not mean it with malice.
    • with malice aforethought
    • She spoke of her old rival without malice.
    + 2 more examples
    • The rumour was spread out of pure malice.
    • The teacher believed the damage was not done with malice.

    Synonyms spite ill will malevolence hostility rancour

    Opposite goodwill kindness benevolence love

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mal·ice

With -ice (not 'malise'); the adjective malicious.

अंत में -ice ('malise' गलत है); adjective malicious।

?Which word?

Keep the ill-will words together: malice, spite, malevolence, rancour, venom.

दुर्भावना के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: malice, spite, malevolence, rancour, venom।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

'With malice toward none, with charity for all' (Abraham Lincoln).

उक्ति 'With malice toward none, with charity for all' (Abraham Lincoln)।

⌂Word origin and word building

Mal- means bad (malnutrition, malfunction, malpractice).

Mal- का अर्थ बुरा है (malnutrition, malfunction, malpractice)।

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General knowledge

Legal: with malice aforethought (with a planned intention to kill).

कानून में 'with malice aforethought' (हत्या के पूर्व-नियोजित इरादे से)।