Antonyms for malice
ˈmæl ɪsmal·ice

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. malicenoun

   Synonyms:
   evilness, ill will, wickedness

2. malicenoun

   Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.

   Synonyms:
   wickedness, ill will, evilness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. malice

   Enmity is the state of being an enemy or the feeling and disposition characterizing an enemy (compare ENEMY). Animosity denotes a feeling more active and vehement, but often less enduring and determined, than enmity. Enmity distinctly recognizes its object as an enemy, to be met or dealt with accordingly. Hostility is enmity in action; the term hostilities between nations denotes actual armed collision. Bitterness is a resentful feeling arising from a belief that one has been wronged; acrimony is a kindred feeling, but deeper and more persistent, and may arise from the crossing of one's wishes or plans by another, where no injustice or wrong is felt. Antagonism, as between two competing authors or merchants, does not necessarily imply enmity, but ordinarily suggests a shade, at least, of hostile feeling. Malice is a disposition or intent to injure others, for the gratification of some evil passion; malignity is intense and violent enmity, hatred, or malice. Compare synonyms for ACRIMONY; ANGER; HATRED.

   Antonyms:
   agreement, alliance, amity, concord, friendship, harmony, kindliness, kindness, regard, sympathy

   Synonyms:
   acrimony, animosity, antagonism, bitterness, enmity, hatred, hostility, ill will, malevolence, malignity, rancor, spite

Matched Categories

1. • Evil
   • Malevolence

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venomnoun

   feeling a need to see others suffer

   Synonyms:
   nastiness, cattiness, malevolence, spite, malevolency, spitefulness, venom, bitchiness, maliciousness

2. malevolence, malevolency, malicenoun

   the quality of threatening evil

   Synonyms:
   malevolence, malevolency, spitefulness, maliciousness, venom, malignity, spite

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. malicenoun

   Synonyms:
   hatred, rancor, malevolence, animosity

How to use malice in a sentence?

1. Aldous Huxley:

   Folly is often more cruel in the consequences than malice can be in the intent.

2. Ryan Pack:

   Justice over love: Love is more powerful than malice, but justice is more powerful than love. Love without justice equals malice. Always choose justice over love otherwise you'll get injustice.

3. Jeremy Kappell:

   What happened on Friday, to me, it's a simple misunderstanding. If you watch me regularly you know that I tend to contain a lot of information in my weather cast, which forces me to speak fast and unfortunately I spoke a little too fast when I was referencing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. So fast to the point where I jumbled a couple of words. In my mind I knew I mispronounced, but there was no malice. I had no idea the way it came across to many people.

4. Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1865:

   With malice toward none, with charity for all, ...let us strive on to finish the work we are in, ...to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.

5. Ken Mapp:

   If they purchased it and on these forms they said their use was for agriculture purposes, which is the only legal way they could use it, and then brought them into the territory and used them in commercial and residential buildings, that's a clear and malice violation of the law.

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