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1. (adj.) malevolent
wishing evil or harm to others; malicious.
2. malevolent
producing harm or evil; injurious.
Etymology: (1500–10; < L, s. of malevolēns ill-disposed =male-male - +volēns, prp. of velle to want, desire)
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1. (adj) 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"
2. (adj) malefic, malevolent, malign, evil
having or exerting a malignant influence
"malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"
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| Definition of 'malevolent' |
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1. (adj) malevolent
wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another's misfortune
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Sense: wishing evil to others
The wicked old woman gave a malevolent smile.
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 Afrikaans: kwaadwillige |
 Arabic: سَيِئ القَصْد أو النيَّه، |
 Bulgarian: недоброжелателен |
 Brazilian: malévolo |
 Czech: škodolibý |
 German: boshaft |
 Danish: ondskabsfuld |
 Greek: κακεντρεχής |
 Spanish: malévolo |
 Estonian: pahatahtlik |
 Farsi: بد خواه |
 Finnish: pahansuopa |
 French: malveillant |
 Hebrew: רָשָע |
 Hindi: द्वेषी |
 Croatian: zloban |
 Hungarian: rosszindulatú |
 Indonesian: dengki |
 Icelandic: semóskar öðrum ills, mein |
 Italian: malevolo |
 Japanese: 悪意のある |
 Korean: 악의 있는 |
 Lithuanian: piktavališkas, piktdžiugi |
 Latvian: ļauns; nenovīdīgs |
 Malay: berniat jahat |
 Dutch: boosaardig |
 Norwegian: ondskapsfull, skadefro |
 Polish: nieżyczliwy |
 Persian: بد خواه |
 Pashto: بد غوښتل |
 Portuguese: malévolo |
 Romanian: răuvoitor |
 Russian: злорадный; недоброжелател |
 Slovak: škodoradostný |
 Slovenian: zlonameren |
 Serbian: zlonameran |
 Swedish: elak, illvillig |
 Thai: มุ่งร้าย |
 Turkish: hain, kötü niyetli |
 Taiwanese: 惡意的 |
 Ukrainian: злорадний; недоброзичливи |
 Urdu: بدخواہ، بد اندیش |
 Vietnamese: ác ý |
 Chinese: 恶意的 |
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