Malevolent
[mə'lev(ə)l(ə)nt] or [mə'lɛvələnt]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
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Definition
(a.) Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another's misfortune.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Malicious, malignant, spiteful, ill-disposed, ill-natured.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See BENEFICIENT]
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Definition
adj. wishing evil: ill-disposed towards others: rejoicing in another's misfortune: envious: malicious—also Malev′olous.—n. Malev′olence.—adv. Malev′olently.
Editor: Nicolas
Examples
- She knew full well that Miss Pross was the family's devoted friend; Miss Pross knew full well that Madame Defarge was the family's malevolent enemy. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- You are the real devil who won't let life exiSt.' She looked at him with a long, slow look, malevolent, supercilious. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It seemed conscious, malevolent, purposive in its intense murderous coldness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Then an ugly, malevolent look came over her face, she pulled the rings from her fingers, and tossed them at him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was not in places of general resort, or where their equals were assembled, that any avaricious or malevolent noble durst offer him injury. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- There was only one other person in the room: a microscopically small footboy, who waited on the malevolent man who hadn't got into the Post-Office. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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