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malevolence
ma·lev·o·lence M0060000 (mə-lĕv′ə-ləns)n.1. The quality or state of being malevolent.2. Malevolent behavior. [Middle English, from Old French malivolence, from Latin malevolentia, from malevolēns, malevolent-, malevolent : male, badly; see mel- in Indo-European roots + volēns, present participle of velle, to want; see wel- in Indo-European roots.]ThesaurusNoun | 1. | malevolence - wishing evil to others malignityhate, hatred - the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands actionmaleficence - doing or causing evilmalice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom - feeling a need to see others suffervengefulness, vindictiveness - a malevolent desire for revengebenevolence - disposition to do good | | 2. | malevolence - the quality of threatening evil malevolency, malicebitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness - malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nastycruelness, cruelty, harshness - the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyancebeastliness, meanness - the quality of being deliberately meanevilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world" |
malevolencenoun malice, hate, spite, hatred, nastiness, rancour, ill will, vindictiveness, malignity, spitefulness, vengefulness, maliciousness His actions betrayed a rare streak of malevolence.malevolencenounA desire to harm others or to see others suffer:despitefulness, ill will, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness, viciousness.Translationsmalevolent (məˈlevələnt) adjective wishing evil to others. The wicked old woman gave a malevolent smile. 惡意的 恶意的maˈlevolently adverb 惡意地 恶意地maˈlevolence noun 惡意 恶意malevolence
Synonyms for malevolencenoun maliceSynonyms- malice
- hate
- spite
- hatred
- nastiness
- rancour
- ill will
- vindictiveness
- malignity
- spitefulness
- vengefulness
- maliciousness
Synonyms for malevolencenoun a desire to harm others or to see others sufferSynonyms- despitefulness
- ill will
- malice
- maliciousness
- malignancy
- malignity
- meanness
- nastiness
- poisonousness
- spite
- spitefulness
- venomousness
- viciousness
Synonyms for malevolencenoun wishing evil to othersSynonymsRelated Words- hate
- hatred
- maleficence
- malice
- maliciousness
- spite
- spitefulness
- venom
- vengefulness
- vindictiveness
Antonymsnoun the quality of threatening evilSynonymsRelated Words- bitchiness
- cattiness
- nastiness
- spite
- spitefulness
- cruelness
- cruelty
- harshness
- beastliness
- meanness
- evilness
- evil
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