malevolentadjective
uk/məˈlev.əl.ənt/us/məˈlev.əl.ənt/literarycausing 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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Morally wrong and evil
- abhorrent
- amoral
- anomie
- arch-villain
- be rotten to the core idiom
- canker
- darkly
- evil
- evildoer
- go to the bad idiom
- godless
- hanky-panky
- heinous
- immoral
- seamy
- seedy
- shocking
- shockingly
- sinful
- wickedness
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malevolence
noun [ U ] uk/məˈlev.əl.əns/us/məˈlev.əl.əns/
It was an act of great malevolence.
malevolently
adverb uk/məˈlev.əl.ənt.li/us/məˈlev.əl.ənt.li/