| Main Entry: | maliciousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | malevolence |
Synonyms: |
enmity, evil, hate, hatred, hostility, ill will, indignity, malice, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness, viciousness |
| Main Entry: | envy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jealousy |
Synonyms: |
backbiting, coveting, covetousness, enviousness, evil eye, green-eyed monster, grudge, grudging, grudgingness, hatred, heartburn, ill will, invidiousness, jaundiced eye, lusting, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignity, opposition, prejudice, resentfulness, resentment, rivalry, spite |
| Notes: | jealousy is reflective of a person's feelings or attitudes toward another person, whereas envy expresses a person's feelings or attitudes toward another person's advantages or accomplishments; jealousy pertains to emotional rivalry while envy is resentment of a more fortunate person |
Antonyms: |
comfort, confidence, contentedness, good will, kindness, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | grudge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard feelings |
Synonyms: |
animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, bad blood, bitterness, bone to pick, dislike, enmity, grievance, hate, hatred, ill will, injury, injustice, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, peeve, pet peeve, pique, rancor, resentment, spite, spitefulness, spleen, venom |
Antonyms: |
favor, forgiveness, good will |
| Main Entry: | ill will |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitter feeling |
Synonyms: |
acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bad blood, bad blood, bad will, bitterness, blame, despite, dislike, enmity, envy, feud, grudge, hard feelings, hate, hatred, hatred; hard feelings, hostility, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, no love lost, no love lost, objection, rancor, resentment, spite, spitefulness, spleen, unfriendliness, venom |
Antonyms: |
friendliness, friendship, good feelings, good will, liking, loving |
| Main Entry: | inhumanity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of compassion |
Synonyms: |
atrocity, barbarism, bloodthirstiness, brutality, brutishness, callousness, cold-bloodedness, cruelty, ferocity, heartlessness, maliciousness, ruthlessness, savagery, viciousness, violence |
| Main Entry: | malice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hate, vengefulness |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, animosity, animus, antipathy, bad blood, bane, bile, bitterness, despite, despitefulness, dirt, dislike, down, enmity, evil, grudge, hatefulness, hatred, hostility, ill will, implacability, malevolence, maliciousness, malignance, malignity, meanness, mordacity, poison, rancor, repugnance, resentment, spite, spitefulness, spleen, umbrage, venom, viciousness, vindictiveness |
Antonyms: |
benevolence, friendliness, kindness, like, sympathy, thoughtfulness |
| Main Entry: | spite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hateful feeling |
Synonyms: |
animosity, antipathy, bad blood, contempt, despite, enmity, gall, grudge, harsh feeling, hate, hatred, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignity, peeve, pique, rancor, resentment, revenge, spitefulness, spleen, umbrage, vengeance, vengefulness, venom, vindictiveness |
Antonyms: |
liking, love, loving |
| Main Entry: | venom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | poison; hating |
Synonyms: |
acidity, acrimony, anger, bane, bitterness, contagion, gall, grudge, hate, hatred, ill will, infection, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignity, rancor, spite, spitefulness, spleen, taint, toxin, virulence, virus |
| Main Entry: | vitriol |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitterness |
Synonyms: |
acrimoniousness, contempt, disdain, hatefulness, hostility, malevolence, maliciousness, nastiness, sarcasm, venom, virulence |
| Main Entry: | despitefulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | malevolence |
Synonyms: |
abhorrence, contempt, disdain, hate, hatred, ill will, loathing, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, scorn, spite, spitefulness |