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The meaning of MALEVOLENT is having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred. How to use malevolent in a sentence. On the Origin of Malevolent.
causing or wanting to cause harm or evil: The central character is a malevolent witch out for revenge. I could feel his malevolent gaze as I walked away. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Morally wrong and evil. abhorrently. amorality. anomie. dissipated. dissolutely. dissoluteness. enormity. nefariousness. no good idiom.
Malevolent definition: wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious. See examples of MALEVOLENT used in a sentence.
If someone is malevolent, they wish evil on others. If you find yourself approaching someone with a malevolent look in her eye, best to run the other way. Malevolent comes from the Latin word malevolens, which means "ill-disposed, spiteful"; its opposite is benevolent, which means "wishing good things for others."
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Synonyms for MALEVOLENT: malicious, vicious, cruel, hateful, nasty, malignant, spiteful, bad; Antonyms of MALEVOLENT: benevolent, benign, loving, sympathetic, good, warm, kind, compassionate.
causing or wanting to cause harm or evil: The central character is a malevolent witch out for revenge. I could feel his malevolent gaze as I walked away. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Morally wrong and evil. abhorrently. amorality. anomie. dissipated. dissolutely. dissoluteness. enormity. nefariousness. no good idiom.
The meaning of MALEVOLENCE is the quality or state of being malevolent. How to use malevolence in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Malevolence.
