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Malevolent

//məˈlɛvələnt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.

    "In Iraq the bullying continued. After she witnessed the death of a colleague, Manning felt how “with enough grief, adrenaline and fear”, war can turn anyone “amoral, even malevolent”."

  2. 2
    Having an evil or harmful influence.

    "Vela, Javier Hernández and Lozano switched positions with a thrillingly malevolent sense of purpose."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having or exerting a malignant influence wordnet
  2. 2
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English *malevolent (suggested by Middle English malevolence), from Old French malivolent and Latin malevolentem, from male (“badly, wrongly”) + volens (“willing, wishing”), from velle (“to wish”).

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