malevolente

Concepts

malevolent

Opposite of

benevolente

Translations

böswillig

malèvol

malveillant

μοχθηρός

κακοήθης

malintentionné

malévolent

maldisposto

malevolo

malintenzionato

perverso

prevenuto

kwaadwillend

malévolo

maliciós

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ma.le.voˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: malevolēns

In summary

Borrowed from Latin malevolentem, from male (“badly, wrongly”) + volēns (“willing, wishing”), from volō (“to wish”).