malice
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quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill willsynonyms: malveillance, méchancetétype of:malthe quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
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wishing evil to otherssynonyms: malveillanceantonyms:bienveillancedisposition to do goodtypes:vengeancea malevolent desire for revengetype of:hainethe emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
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the quality of threatening evilsynonyms: malveillance, méchancetétypes:agressivité, bestialité, cruauté, duretéthe quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyancebestialitéthe quality of being deliberately meansoif de sangcruelty evidence by a capability to commit murdertype of:malthe quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
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Learn this list of words containing the common word roots bene ("good") and mal ("bad").
In this tragedy, Macbeth's belief in a prophecy and his ambition to become king lead to murder and madness.