All 4 Uses of
malicious
in
Pride and Prejudice
- I had supposed him to be despising his fellow-creatures in general, but did not suspect him of descending to such malicious revenge, such injustice, such inhumanity as this.†
p. 79.2
- I see nothing in it but your own wilful ignorance and the malice of Mr. Darcy.†
p. 93.8 *malice = the desire to hurt others or see them suffer
- Mrs. Bennet was restored to her usual querulous serenity; and, by the middle of June, Kitty was so much recovered as to be able to enter Meryton without tears; an event of such happy promise as to make Elizabeth hope that by the following Christmas she might be so tolerably reasonable as not to mention an officer above once a day, unless, by some cruel and malicious arrangement at the War Office, another regiment should be quartered in Meryton.†
p. 230.6
- But we must stem the tide of malice, and pour into the wounded bosoms of each other the balm of sisterly consolation.†
p. 274.9malice = the desire to hurt others or see them suffer
Definition:
wanting to see others suffer; or threatening evil