gall, venom, rancor, rankling, virulence, mordacity[obs3], acerbity
churlishness &c. (discourtesy) 895. hardness of heart, heart of stone,
obduracy; cruelty; cruelness &c. adj.; brutality, savagery;
ferity[obs3], ferocity; barbarity, inhumanity, immanity|, truculence,
ruffianism; evil eye, cloven foot; torture, vivisection. ill turn, bad
turn; affront &c. (disrespect) 929; outrage, atrocity; ill usage;
intolerance, persecution; tender mercies [ironical]; "unkindest cut of
all" [Julius Caesar]. V. be malevolent &c. adj.; bear spleen, harbor
spleen, bear a grudge, harbor a grudge, bear malice; betray the cloven
foot, show the cloven foot. hurt &c. (physical pain) 378; annoy &c.
830; injure., harm, wrong; do harm to, do an ill office to; outrage;
disoblige, malign, plant a thorn in the breast. molest, worry, harass,
haunt, harry, bait, tease; throw stones at; play the devil with; hunt
down, dragoon, hound; persecute, oppress, grind; maltreat; illtreat,
ill-use. wreak one's malice on, do one's worst, break a butterfly on
the wheel; dip one's hands in blood, imbrue one's hands in blood; have
no mercy &c. 914a. Adj. malevolent, unbenevolent; unbenign;
ill-disposed, ill- intentioned, ill-natured, ill-conditioned,
ill-contrived; evil-minded, evil-disposed; black-browed[obs3].
malicious; malign, malignant; rancorous; despiteful, spiteful;
mordacious, caustic, bitter, envenomed, acrimonious, virulent;
unamiable, uncharitable; maleficent, venomous, grinding, galling.
harsh, disobliging; unkind, unfriendly, ungracious; inofficious[obs3];
invidious; uncandid; churlish &c. (discourteous) 895; surly, sullen &c.
901a. cold, cold-blooded, cold-hearted; black-hearted, hard-hearted,
flint- hearted, marble-hearted, stony-hearted; hard of heart,
unnatural; ruthless &c. (unmerciful) 914a; relentless &c. (revengeful)