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")