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Word entry · 6 letters

malice

Best crossword clue

"Intent to harm"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈmælɪs/Part of speech nounSorted aceilmStarts with MEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the quality of threatening evil

Word origin

From Middle English malice, borrowed from Old French malice, from Latin malitia (“badness, bad quality, ill-will, spite”), from malus (“bad”).

Used in a sentence

  • Your voice positively drips malice.
  • […] not only was there no gratitude (which he could psychologically handle) but downright malice showed itself instead.
  • Thou blinded God (quod I) forgive me this offence, / Unwittingly I went about, to malice thy pretence.

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