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hostility
English
Etymology
From Middle English hostilitie, hostilite, from Old French hostilité, from Latin host?lit?s.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /h??st?l?ti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /h??st?l?ti/
- Rhymes: -?l?ti
Noun
hostility (countable and uncountable, plural hostilities)
- (uncountable) The state of being hostile.
- 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
- The polarization of wealth and the polarization of attitudes to diversity are not unrelated. A key reason for popular hostility to immigrants is that to many people, particularly within working-class communities, immigration has become a symbol of unacceptable change.
- 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
- (countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.
Synonyms
- (state of being hostile): antagonism, opposition, enmity, animosity, antipathy, hatred, unfriendliness
- (military action): war, fighting, combat
Antonyms
- (state of being hostile): amity, friendliness
- (military action): peace
Related terms
- hostile
Translations
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malice
English
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French malice, from Latin malitia (“badness, bad quality, ill-will, spite”), from malus (“bad”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?l'?s, IPA(key): /?mæl?s/
Noun
malice (usually uncountable, plural malices)
- Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
- 1981, Philip K. Dick, Valis, ?ISBN, page 67:
- […] not only was there no gratitude (which he could psychologically handle) but downright malice showed itself instead.
- 1981, Philip K. Dick, Valis, ?ISBN, page 67:
- (law) An intention to do injury to another party, which in many jurisdictions is a distinguishing factor between the crimes of murder and manslaughter.
Synonyms
- (intention to harm): evilness, ill will, wickedness
Derived terms
- malicious
Related terms
- malady
Translations
Further reading
- malice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- malice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Verb
malice (third-person singular simple present malices, present participle malicing, simple past and past participle maliced)
- To intend to cause harm; to bear malice.
Synonyms
- envy (obsolete), grudge (obsolete), spite
Anagrams
- amelic, claime, maleic
Esperanto
Etymology
From malico +? -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma?lit?se/
- Hyphenation: ma?lic?e
- Rhymes: -it?se
Adverb
malice
- maliciously
French
Etymology
From Old French malice, borrowed from Latin malitia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.lis/
Noun
malice f (plural malices)
- mischief
- malice
Related terms
- mal
References
- “malice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Further reading
- “malice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin malitia.
Noun
malice f (oblique plural malices, nominative singular malice, nominative plural malices)
- malice, evilness, evil intentions
- malicious act
Descendants
- French: malice
References
- malice on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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