Maldad in english
Evil
pronunciation: ivəl part of speech: noun, adjective
pronunciation: ivəl part of speech: noun, adjective
In gestures
maldad = nastiness ; perversity ; sinisterness ; viciousness ; wickedness ; malice ; iniquity ; meanness ; turpitude ; ill will ; badness ; maliciousness ; devilry ; deviltry ; devilment ; act of villainy ; evil-doing.
Example: He began swearing and saying 'I don't know what you're on about, whatever we do, it's wrong!' and of course I answered his nastiness back.Example: Deliberately to pay less attention to a query because it comes from the mayor of the city, or the chairman of the company, or the vice-chancellor of the university, would betray a perversity foreign to the normal well-adjusted librarian.Example: But there was no trace of sinisterness in Balzac's manner.Example: She said they've tolerated his moods, his viciousness -- everything else -- but that this was the last straw.Example: With the right ingredients put together so that virtue triumphs and wickedness is punished a very satisfying story can be produced.Example: Any organisation's board of directors and its professionals and staff are jointly liable for their actions and/or omissions whether the latter are based on malice or ignorance.Example: To redress this iniquity women are demanding not only equal pay for equal work, but equal pay for work of equal value.Example: He is well known for his abuse of those publishers who, because of meanness and lack of professionalism, do not ensure good and ample indexes.Example: The danger ultimately of erotic and political excess is civic turpitude.Example: On this theory, people are praiseworthy for acts of good will and blameworthy for acts of ill will or lack of good will.Example: Measurement in and of itself is neutral and cannot indicate 'goodness' or 'badness' = Measurement in and of itself is neutral and cannot indicate 'goodness' or 'badness'.Example: Never attribute to maliciousness that which can adequately be explained by mere stupidity.Example: The police will now see that they are protected in future from such devilry.Example: No man who was not a false hypocrite would commit such deviltry.Example: Right now family members of the doctors jailed are telling the media that they would have never thought their kin would plot such devilment.Example: Humans are flawed and crazy and capable of amazing acts of heroism and terrible acts of villainy.Example: If the evil-doing of men moves you to indignation and overwhelming distress, even to a desire for vengeance on the evil-doers, shun above all things that feeling.more:
» con maldad = ill-naturedly ; maliciously ; wickedly ; malevolently .
Example: Freud was a despot ill-naturedly driving away anyone who in the least respect disagreed with him. Example: Human rights activist Irene Fernandez has been found guilty of maliciously publishing false news. Example: The author demonstrates a wickedly funny eye for human frailty without succumbing to cynicism or misanthropy. Example: They acted venally and malevolently in a botched attempt to scandalize Prime Minister Rudd and Treasurer Swan on the basis of a fraudulent e-mail.» hablar con maldad = speak + maliciously .
Example: If someone offends you, you discuss it with them personally in a cordial manner, rather than speaking maliciously of them to others.» sin maldad = guileless .
Example: He cites, for example, a popular reference book from the 1880s, which gushes about the Eskimo's guileless character, keen intelligence, and harmonious politics.