malevolent

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  1. adjective Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious.
  2. adjective Having an evil or harmful influence: malevolent stars.

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  • It became suddenly malevolent, and his eyes glittered with the same mad fire of insanity that I had seen there before. —  Lost on Venus
  • This matter cuts very deep, and though I have not finally made up my mind whether it is a benevolent or a malevolent agency which is in touch with us, —  The Hound of the Baskervilles
  • He had also borne a strong resemblance to a malevolent-but very clever-toad. —  A Breath of Snow and Ashes
  • The fates could not possibly be so malevolent, now that he had only a few hundred metres to go. .. —  The Fountains of Paradise
  • The little guy was there with a gun in his hand, looking like a malevolent dwarf. —  Static
 

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malicious ·  malignant ·  vindictive ·  spiteful ·  wicked ·  venomous ·  vengeful ·  sinister ·  hateful ·  diabolical ·  envious ·  perverse
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin malevolēns, malevolent-; see malevolence.

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  1. = Italian malevogliente, from Latin malevolen(t-)s, wishing ill, spiteful, envious, from male, ill, + volen(t-)s, present participle of velle, will: see will.
 

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