Devilishness; evil, cruelty, wickedness

The trait of behaving like an imp; SYN. mischievousness, puckishness, whimsicality.

ETYM French malice, from Latin malitia, from malus bad, ill, evil, prob. orig., dirty, black; cf. Greek melas black, Skr. mala dirt. Related to Mauger.
1. Desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another.
2. Intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.
3. Feeling a need to see other suffer; SYN. maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom. + prikaži više

ETYM French malignité, Latin malignitas.
1. Malignancy, malevolence.
2. An instance of malignant or malicious behavior or nature.
3. Quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will; SYN. malignancy, malignance.

1. The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness.
2. A wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity.