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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. 2 meanings: 1. wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; malicious 2. astrology having an evil influence.... Click for more definitions.
malevolent - wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful"
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.
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