n. Badness; bad quality.n. Evil; harm; a malicious act; also, evil influence.n. A propensity to inflict injury or suffering, or to take pleasure in the misfortunes of another or others; active ill-will, whether from natural disposition or special impulse; enmity; hatred: sometimes used in a lighter sense. See malicious, 1.n. In law, a design or intention of doing mischief to another; the evil intention (either actual or implied) with which one deliberately, and without justification or excuse, does a wrongful act which is injurious to others.n. Synonyms Ill-will, Enmity, etc. (see animosity); maliciousness, venom, spitefulness, depravity.To regard with malice; bear extreme ill-will to; also, to envy and hate.n. The common dwarf mallow, Malta rotundifolia.