MALIST
Noun
malist (plural malists)
One who subscribes to the theory of malism; someone who thinks the world is evil.
Anagrams
• Tamils, mistal, smalti
Source: Wiktionary
MALICE
Mal"ice, n. Etym: [F. malice, fr. L. malitia, from malus bad, ill,
evil, prob. orig., dirty, black; cf. Gr. mala dirt. Cf. Mauger.]
1. Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in
harm or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a
malignant design of evil. "Nor set down aught in malice." Shak.
Envy, hatred, and malice are three distinct passions of the mind. Ld.
Holt.
2. (Law)
Definition: Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved
inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure
another person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause
or excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others;
willfulness. Malice aforethought or prepense, malice previously and
deliberately entertained.
Syn.
– Spite; ill will; malevolence; grudge; pique; bitterness;
animosity; malignity; maliciousness; rancor; virulence. See Spite.
– Malevolence, Malignity, Malignancy. Malice is a stronger word
than malevolence, which may imply only a desire that evil may befall
another, while malice desires, and perhaps intends, to bring it
about. Malignity is intense and deepseated malice. It implies a
natural delight in hating and wronging others. One who is malignant
must be both malevolent and malicious; but a man may be malicious
without being malignant.
Proud tyrants who maliciously destroy And ride o'er ruins with
malignant joy. Somerville.
in some connections, malignity seems rather more pertinently applied
to a radical depravity of nature, and malignancy to indications of
this depravity, in temper and conduct in particular instances. Cogan.
Mal"ice, v. t.
Definition: To regard with extreme ill will. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition