malevolence

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Hostile attitude or feeling.
2. (countable, uncountable) Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.

Synonyms

malice

hostility

wickedness

spite

evil

ill will

ill-will

badness

malignity

malevolency

maliciousness

malignancy

gloating delight

malicious joy

grudge

viciousness

spitefulness

unkindness

bad intention

sly meaning

meanness

bitchiness

cut

deviltry

enmity

gloat

ill nature

malignance

animosity

nastiness

oppression

persecution

resentment

sinisterness

spleen

stinger

unfriendliness

Translations

malevolenza

malevolencia

Böswilligkeit

malveillance

maldade

malvolença

malevolentia

melavolenza

maldat

bedniyetî

belakirrî

Boshaftigkeit

μοχθηρία

boosaardigheid

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məˈlɛvələns/

Etymology

From Middle French malevolence, from Latin malevolentia (“malevolence”), derived from malevolēns (“malevolent”).