Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun malice

2 senses of malice

Sense 1
malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom -- (feeling a need to see others suffer)
       => malevolence, malignity -- (wishing evil to others)

Sense 2
malevolence, malevolency, malice -- (the quality of threatening evil)
       => evil, evilness -- (the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world")

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