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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  • To describe him as a malevolent, vicious, brutal dolt, liar, coward, bully, and thief would be shameless flattery. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 01 - July 1999
  • Just because someone can hop on your wireless network doesn't make them malevolent, any more than someone listening to your public conversation at a restaurant doesn't mean they're writing down what you say and selling it to the highest bidder. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • I don't think this is as profound as Sullivan thinks it is; George W. Bush isn't purely malevolent, and occasionally, he does good things. —  Frugal In Virginia
  • The father is more confused than malevolent, as Tricks shifts between Stefek's mischief and the random happenings in the ensemble of locals. —  GreenCine Daily
  • He was purely malevolent, and basically an extortionist - one that any modern gangster would recognize and admire. —  Pajamas Media
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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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