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adjective
- 1. having or showing a wish to do evil to others: "the glint of dark, malevolent eyes"
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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 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.
Malevolent definition: wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious. See examples of MALEVOLENT used in a sentence.
wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious
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.
Oct 15, 2024 · malevolent (comparative more malevolent, superlative most malevolent) Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.
Definition of malevolent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Malevolent comes from the Latin word malevolens, which means "ill-disposed, spiteful"; its opposite is benevolent, which means "wishing good things for others." A malevolent person might display satisfaction at someone else's problems.
the quality of causing or wanting to cause harm or evil: It was an act of great malevolence. Her eyes flashed pure malevolence. See. malevolent. Fewer examples. I thought they were making me wait out of sheer malevolence. He is brash and egocentric with a touch of malevolence. The problems were caused by ignorance, not malevolence.
1. wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious. His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful. 2. evil; harmful; injurious. a malevolent inclination to destroy the happiness of others. 3. Astrology. evil or malign in influence.
