All 7 Uses
malice
in
Invisible Man, by Ellison
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- Heretofore all the campus gossip had seemed merely malicious and disrespectful; now I could see the advantage for Dr. Bledsoe.†
Chpt 9 *
- Suddenly there came a harsh cry from the cage, and once more I saw a mad flashing as though the birds had burst into spontaneous flame, fluttering and beating their wings maliciously against the bamboo bars, only to settle down just as suddenly when the door opened and the blond man stood beckoning, his hand upon the knob.†
Chpt 9maliciously = with a desire to see others suffer; or in a threatening manner
- He laughed maliciously.†
Chpt 10
- No sound from above, not even the malicious note of the barking dog.†
Chpt 13
- Shouldn't the short man have the right to make a mistake without his motives being considered consciously or unconsciously malicious?†
Chpt 14
- Perhaps the part of me that observed listlessly but saw all, missing nothing, was still the malicious, arguing part; the dissenting voice, my grandfather part; the cynical, disbelieving part-the traitor self that always threatened internal discord.†
Chpt 16
- Then he understood and approached the table, smiling maliciously.†
Chpt 22maliciously = with a desire to see others suffer; or in a threatening manner
Definitions:
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(1)
(malice) the intention or desire to see others suffer
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)