malintent
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9.3
- noun
- /ˌmælɪnˈtɛnt/
- Formal
:
mala intención
- But my point is there was absolutely no malintent in that statement whatsoever.
Once it's been determined that there was not malintent, a scam did not take place.
- Once it's been determined that there was not malintent, a scam did not take place.
Examples
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Everyone could see the malintent behind his cruel remarks during the meeting.
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I guess you're on your own when downloading from the author's site (either because of his malintent or his files might be compromised, unknowingly, as his host's server security is not up to date, so they replace the download with tampered files).
Blog text (27) -
I will refrain from talking about stories where there might have existed a possibility of my progress being purposely compromised—although my mother is certain they were carried out with malintent—the events may well have been nothing but an unfortunate series of coincidences.
Blog text (1) -
The investigation revealed his malintent when he tried to sabotage her project.
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Her actions were driven by malintent, making it clear she wanted to cause trouble.
Synonyms
54
6.3
A wish to hurt someone or make them suffer
8
8.8
A feeling of wanting to harm other people
2
7.5
A wish to hurt or make other people suffer
1
9.9
A strong wish to hurt or cause pain to other people
1
7.4
A wish to hurt, upset, or annoy other people
Antonyms
How Malicious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Malintent combines mal- meaning 'bad', as in malfunction, and intent meaning 'purpose' or 'intention', like intend. So, malintent is simply a 'bad purpose' and means the intention to do harm.