malice

English Thesaurus

1. the quality of threatening evil (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	evil, evilness,
definition	:	the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness,
definition	:	malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	cruelness, cruelty, harshness,
definition	:	the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	beastliness, meanness,
definition	:	the quality of being deliberately mean (noun.attribute)

2. feeling a need to see others suffer (noun.feeling)

hypernym	:	malevolence, malignity,
definition	:	wishing evil to others (noun.feeling)

3. the quality of threatening evil (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	evil, malefic, malevolent, malign,
definition	:	having or exerting a malignant influence (adj.all)

4. feeling a need to see others suffer (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound,
definition	:	hurt the feelings of (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	malicious,
definition	:	having the nature of or resulting from malice (adj.all)

derivation	:	despiteful, spiteful, vindictive,
definition	:	showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite (adj.all)

derivation	:	poisonous, venomous, vicious,
definition	:	marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful (adj.all)

5. the quality of threatening evil (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	evil, malefic, malevolent, malign,
definition	:	having or exerting a malignant influence (adj.all)

6. feeling a need to see others suffer (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound,
definition	:	hurt the feelings of (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	malicious,
definition	:	having the nature of or resulting from malice (adj.all)

derivation	:	despiteful, spiteful, vindictive,
definition	:	showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite (adj.all)

derivation	:	poisonous, venomous, vicious,
definition	:	marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful (adj.all)