malice

Other forms of malice

plural

malices·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about malice

What does malice mean?

malice means "feeling a need to see others suffer". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in malice?

malice has 2 syllables: mal-ice. The stress falls on "mal". In IPA it is /ˈmæləs/.

What is another word for malice?

Close synonyms include maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom, malevolence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is malice a common word?

malice is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.