méchanceté

Definitions of méchanceté
  1. noun
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
    synonyms: hostilité
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    hostilité, inimitié, malveillance
    the feeling of a hostile person
  2. noun
    the quality of being unpleasant
    synonyms: hostilité, malveillance
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    désagrément
    the quality of giving displeasure
  3. noun
    the quality of threatening evil
    synonyms: malice, malveillance
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    vacherie
    malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
    agressivité, bestialité, cruauté, dureté
    the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
    bestialité
    the quality of being deliberately mean
    agressivité, barbarie, bestialité, cruauté, sauvagerie
    the trait of extreme cruelty
    soif de sang
    cruelty evidence by a capability to commit murder
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    mal
    the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
  4. noun
    malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
    synonyms: vacherie
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    malice, malveillance
    the quality of threatening evil
  5. noun
    the quality of being wicked
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    mal
    the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
  6. noun
    absence of moral or spiritual values
    synonyms: iniquité
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    condition, statut, état
    a state at a particular time
  7. noun
    quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
    synonyms: malice, malveillance
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    mal
    the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
  8. noun
    feeling a need to see others suffer
    synonyms: malveillance
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    malice, malveillance
    wishing evil to others
  9. noun
    an attribute of mischievous children
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    désobéissance
    the trait of being unwilling to obey
  10. noun
    the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
    synonyms: mal
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    bienfaisance
    the quality of being kind or helpful or generous
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    mal
    the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
  11. noun
    that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
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    bonté
    that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
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    indignité
    the quality or state of lacking merit or value
    mal
    that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune
    disposition, tendance
    the quality of being something that holds you back
    bassesse
    unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values
    dommage, désavantage
    the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
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    caractéristique, propriété
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
  12. noun
    morally objectionable behavior
    synonyms: désastre, mal
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    jeu irrégulier
    unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence)
    irrévérence
    a disrespectful act
    profanation, sacrilège
    blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
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    transgression
    the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
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