Malevolence
[mə'lev(ə)l(ə)ns]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of threatening evil.
(noun.) wishing evil to others.
Typed by Lesley--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being malevolent; evil disposition toward another; inclination to injure others; ill will. See Synonym of Malice.
Typist: Moira
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, malignity, rancor, venom, hate, grudge, ill-will.
Typist: Vance
Examples
- She is not actuated by malevolence, but sheer, heedless folly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He feels no envy nor jealousy; his mark is too far distant to be seen by short-sighted malevolence, and therefore it is never aimed at. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- That's her malevolence--that's her malevolence,' returned Mr. Bob Sawyer vehemently. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It is a reasonable and laudable pride which resists such malevolence. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- They went away by one of the London night coaches, and I know no more about him; except that his malevolence to me at parting was audacious. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Her beautiful face was distorted in an expression of horrible malevolence. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- A vague bent to mischief, an aimless malevolence, made constant vigilance indispensable. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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