Malevolent Definition

mə-lĕvə-lənt
adjective
Wishing evil or harm to others; having or showing ill will; malicious.
Webster's New World
Having a harmful influence.
Malevolent stars.
American Heritage

Having an evil or harmful influence.

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Origin of Malevolent

  • Latin, from male (“ill") + velle (“to wish").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin malevolēns malevolent- malevolence

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Malevolent Sentence Examples

  • Now I recalled every detail of that meeting and in my mind gave him the most malevolent and bitter replies.

  • Gossip is hurtful and mean, and cannot be described as anything but malevolent.

  • Very rarely do I meet a human being who is as malevolent as my cousin Bob.

  • If Lancaster should justify the malevolent rumours that were afloat by making a snatch at the crown, the last state of the realm might be worse than the first.

  • I can't believe she dated him for so long without discovering his cruel, malevolent nature.

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