The ancient Gnostics believed that this material world was innately malevolent.
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Malevolent
//məˈlɛvələnt//
Synonyms for "malevolent" (139 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (69)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
86 translations across 41 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- kwaadwillig adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Arabic
4 entries- حاقد adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- حَاقِد adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- حَقُود adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- حَقُود adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Armenian
1 entries- չարամիտ adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- pis məqsədli adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- pisfikirli adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- pisniyyətli adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- qərəzli adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Belarusian
2 entries- нядобразы́члівы adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- нязы́члівы adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Bengali
1 entries- পরশ্রীকাতর adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Bulgarian
3 entries- зло́бен adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- зловре́ден adj (having an evil or harmful influence)
- недоброжела́телен adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Catalan
1 entries- malèvol adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 惡毒的 /恶毒的 adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Czech
3 entries- zlomyslný adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- zlovolný adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- zlý adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Dutch
1 entries- kwaadwillend adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Esperanto
3 entries- malbonavida adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- malbonintenca adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- malica adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Estonian
1 entries- pahatahtlik adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Finnish
3 entries- pahansuopa adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- pahantahtoinen adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- vahingollinen adj (having an evil or harmful influence)
French
4 entries- malintentionné adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- malveillant adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- malveillant adj (having an evil or harmful influence)
- maléfique adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Galician
1 entries- malévolo adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
German
1 entries- böswillig adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Greek
2 entries- κακόβουλος adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- μοχθηρός adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Indonesian
1 entries- berniat jahat adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Irish
2 entries- anchroíoch adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- anchroíoch adj (having an evil or harmful influence)
Italian
1 entries- malintenzionato adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Japanese
2 entries- マレフィック adj (having an evil or harmful influence)
- 邪悪な adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Korean
1 entries- 사악하다 adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Macedonian
1 entries- злонамерен adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Malay
1 entries- berniat jahat adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Malayalam
1 entries- കുനിഷ്ഠൻ adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Māori
2 entries- kikokiko adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- ngākaukino adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Norman
1 entries- dêvoulu adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Old English
1 entries- yfelwillende adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یامان adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Persian
2 entries- بدخواه adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- بدکامه adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Polish
4 entries- wrogi adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- wrogi adj (having an evil or harmful influence)
- złowrogi adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- złowrogi adj (having an evil or harmful influence)
Portuguese
4 entries- mal-intencionado adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- malevolente adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- malévolo adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- malévolo adj (having an evil or harmful influence)
Romanian
1 entries- rău intenționat adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Russian
4 entries- зло́бный adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- зловре́дный adj (having an evil or harmful influence)
- злонаме́ренный adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- злора́дный adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Slovak
2 entries- zloprajný adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- zlovoľný adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Spanish
2 entries- malintencionado adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- malévolo adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Swedish
2 entries- illasinnad adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- illvillig adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Thai
2 entries- ประสงค์ร้าย adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- มุ่งร้าย adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Turkish
3 entries- kötü amaçlı adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- kötü niyetli adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- kötücül adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зловмисний adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- зловтішний adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- недобрози́чливий adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- нези́чливий adj (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
He didn't know how malevolent the man was and thus didn't fear him.
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This world is controlled by malevolent forces.
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Tom is a malevolent person.
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