Malevolence

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The quality or state of being malevolent.
  • n. Malicious behavior.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Hostile attitude or feeling.
  • n. Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality or state of being malevolent; evil disposition toward another; inclination to injure others; ill will. See Synonym of malice.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The character of being malevolent or ill-disposed; ill-will; personal hatred; enmity of heart; inclination to injure others.
  • n. That which is done from ill-will; an act of ill-will.
  • n. Synonyms Ill-will, Enmity, etc. See animosity.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the quality of threatening evil
  • n. wishing evil to others
  • Antonym
    compassion   
    Variant
    malice   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dislike    malignance    rancor    venom    ill-will    hate    hatred    despite    malice    spite   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    malignity    rancor    malice    animosity    hate    sensuality    vindictiveness    envy    hypocrisy    ferocity