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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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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."
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.
adjective. A malevolent person deliberately tries to cause harm or evil. [formal] Her stare was malevolent, her mouth a thin line. Synonyms: spiteful, hostile, vicious, malicious More Synonyms of malevolent. malevolence uncountable noun. ...a rare streak of malevolence. Synonyms: malice, hate, spite, hatred More Synonyms of malevolent.
Definition of malevolent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define malevolent. malevolent synonyms, malevolent pronunciation, malevolent translation, English dictionary definition of malevolent. adj. 1. Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious. 2. Having a harmful influence: malevolent stars. ma·lev′o·lent·ly adv.
Malevolent definition: Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious.
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.
