malices
Desires to harm
Malices is the plural of malice, meaning instances or varieties of ill will or desire to harm others.
While malice as an abstract quality rarely takes a plural, malices appears in literary or philosophical contexts distinguishing different types of harmful intent: the petty malices of office politics, the accumulated malices of a bitter lifetime.
Hostile or unkind feeling
- vindictivenessDisposition toward retaliation
- nastinessSpiteful or foul quality
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- pettinessFocus on insignificant matters
grudge · animosity · cattiness · backbiting · snideness · meanness · hostility · venom
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- rancorLasting bitter resentment
- acrimonyBitter ill will
- gallImpudent boldness or bitterness
- grudgePersistent resentment toward someone
antipathy · loathing · contempt · scorn · disdain · displeasure · indignation · sourness
Punishing a wrongdoer
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- reprisalPunitive action in return
comeuppance · wrath · nemesis · avenger · vindictiveness · tit-for-tat · vendetta · punishment
ill-will
Hostile or unkind feeling
- vindictivenessDisposition toward retaliation
- nastinessSpiteful or foul quality
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
pettiness · grudge · animosity · cattiness · backbiting · snideness · meanness · hostility · venom · poison
bitterness
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
grudge · antipathy · loathing · contempt · scorn · disdain · displeasure · indignation · sourness · cynicism
revenge
Punishing a wrongdoer
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
reprisal · comeuppance · wrath · nemesis · avenger · vindictiveness · tit-for-tat · vendetta · punishment · redress
malicesbenevolences
Acts of generous giving
kindnesses · charities · good intentions · loving-kindnesses · well-wishes
malicesvirtues
Positive moral traits
goodnesses · goodness · graces · innocence · humanities
malicesbenevolences
Acts of generous giving
goodwills · kindnesses · charities · good intentions · beneficences
- malicious intentPurpose to cause harm
- malicious gossipHarmful talk about others
- malicious complianceHarmful adherence to instructions
- malice aforethoughtPrior intent to harm
- with malice
- malicious linkHarmful disguised URL