malevolence
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8.8
- noun
- /məˈlɛvələns/
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malevolencia
- It's always an exhibition of what he calls malevolence, which is a desire to hurt, to cause pain to other people.
- see malevolence
Do you think their failure economist and government failure is malevolence or incompetence?
- Do you think their failure economist and government failure is malevolence or incompetence?
- There's so much malevolence to go around.
- And there's no, there's no malevolence, broadly speaking, in the scientific community.
- They're just naive, and naive people have no idea that there's, say, malevolence in the world.
- It's always an exhibition of what he calls malevolence, which is a desire to hurt, to cause pain to other people.
- And they pass on their programming to you, not out of malevolence sometimes, but not usually, but because they believe that's the way.
- And then you think about malevolence, autonomy, fake account.
- substantial problems, genuine deep problems of malevolence and suffering. But that if you
- And I think it's the default position, like a meaningless life isn't meaningless, It's suffering and malevolence.
- If you are staying in a malignant narcissistic relationship, it will be a life of egg shells, fear, malevolence, rage.
Examples
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The villain's malevolence was evident in his plan to destroy the city.
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Her eyes fixed on Lewie, intensely perusing him for any signs of malevolence.
Fiction book (1992) -
And you think you can handle the malevolence of Hell all by yourself?
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I can feel the malevolence.
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Let me say only that the terrible malevolence that has visited your part of the country affects us all.
Fiction book (1992) -
No matter that a force shield lay between them; nothing protected them from the malevolence.
Fiction book (2000) -
There's so much malevolence to go around.
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Psychologists have offered various theories to account for the development of malevolence in children and youth.
Academic text (2003) -
We can thrive under the difficult conditions that make up our lives, and we can resist the malevolence that entices us.
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What people perceive as evil in ghosts and spirits is only a reflection of their own malevolence and fear.
Synonyms
549
1.0
A very strong dislike that can make you want to harm someone
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1.9
A very strong dislike that can make a person want to hurt others
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4.4
A feeling of wanting to hurt or annoy someone
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4.7
Unfriendly or angry actions and feelings toward someone
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6.1
Strong angry feeling toward a person or group
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6.3
A wish to hurt someone or make them suffer
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7.3
A strong feeling of anger that makes you want to hurt others
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5.3
A strong feeling of dislike or anger toward someone
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9.0
A strong feeling of hate toward someone or something
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8.0
A strong feeling of hatred toward people or groups
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5.4
Being unkind on purpose to other people
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6.5
A quality of doing very bad things and wanting to harm people
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7.5
A wish to hurt or make other people suffer
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5.9
Strong feelings of dislike and anger toward people or things
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8.4
A strong wish to harm others or make their lives worse
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4.5
Wanting to hurt or make others suffer
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9.9
A strong wish to hurt or cause pain to other people
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9.2
Very strong, hurtful words or actions toward someone
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9.3
An intention to harm someone or act for bad reasons
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7.4
A wish to hurt, upset, or annoy other people
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9.6
Very evil behaviour that harms other people
A feeling of wanting to harm other people
A strong wish to hurt other people
A very harmful and cruel way of being that hurts other people
Very strong, bitter speech or writing that tries to hurt someone
Being very bad and cruel to other people
Antonyms
How Malevolent
Surface Forms
Morphology
malevolence = malevolent (transparent) = malevolent + ence
Standard noun formation: the adjective 'malevolent' takes the noun-forming suffix '-ence' to denote the state or quality of being malevolent.
Etymology
Malevolence comes from Latin parts male- meaning 'bad' and velle meaning 'to wish', so it literally means 'bad wishing'. That's why malevolence is the feeling of wanting to harm someone, the opposite of benevolence ('good wishing').