Malice is commonly understood, in the popular sense as spite or ill-will. |
Was it, do you suppose, because they detected some ill-will in me towards you that they made the allegation? |
We know envy as a state of exquisite tension, torment and ill-will, provoked by an overwhelming sense of inferiority, impotence and worthlessness. |
There was no acrimony, and no ill-will towards the national organisation. |
They can make the difference between a place where people live together in harmony, peace and justice, and a place racked by ill-will, suspicion and tension, if not actual strife. |
At the individual level, disadvantageous treatment of the disabled is often rooted in ill-will, disregard, and moral arbitrariness. |