malevolence
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the quality, state, or feeling of being malevolent; ill will; malice; hatred.
Origin:
1425–75; < Latin malevolentia (see malevolent, -ence); replacing late Middle English malivolence < Middle French < Latin as above
1425–75; < Latin malevolentia (see malevolent, -ence); replacing late Middle English malivolence < Middle French < Latin as above
Synonyms
maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, grudge, venom. Malevolence, malignity, rancor suggest the wishing of harm to others. Malevolence is a smoldering ill will: a vindictive malevolence in her expression. Malignity is a deep-seated and virulent disposition to injure; it is more dangerous than malevolence because it is not only more completely concealed but it often instigates harmful acts: The malignity of his nature was shocking. Rancor is a lasting, corrosive, and implacable hatred and resentment.
maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, grudge, venom. Malevolence, malignity, rancor suggest the wishing of harm to others. Malevolence is a smoldering ill will: a vindictive malevolence in her expression. Malignity is a deep-seated and virulent disposition to injure; it is more dangerous than malevolence because it is not only more completely concealed but it often instigates harmful acts: The malignity of his nature was shocking. Rancor is a lasting, corrosive, and implacable hatred and resentment.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; malicious |
| 2. | astrology having an evil influence |
| [C16: from Latin malevolens, from male ill + volens, present participle of velle to wish] | |
| ma'levolence | |
| —n | |
| ma'levolently | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
malevolence
late 15c., from O.Fr. malevolence, from L. malevolentia, from malevolentem (nom. malevolens) "malevolent," from male "badly" + volentem (nom. volens), prp. of velle "to wish" (see will (v.)).
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Example sentences
His one eye gleamed with malevolence.
Bad leadership is not always the result of bad character or intentional malevolence.
But when a disaster is caused by human malevolence, the impact can seem even more intense.
The dispute between the grandparents and uncle was free of malevolence found in similar cases.
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