Syn: Ill-disposed; envious; mischievous; evil-minded; spiteful; malicious; malignant; rancorous. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Malevolent — (v. lat.), übelgesinnt, feindselig. Daher Malevolenz, feindselige Gesinnung … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Malevolént — (lat.), übelwollend; Malevolenz, das Übelwollen, Scheelsucht … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Malevolent — Malevolent, lat. deutsch, übelgesinnt; Malevolenz, feindliche Gesinnung … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
malevolent — I adjective acrimonious, actively opposed, adverse, aggressive, antagonistic, antipathetic, antipathetical, baleful, baneful, barbarous, bellicose, belligerent, bilious, bitter, bloodthirsty, brutal, churlish, cold, cold blooded, conspiratorial,… … Law dictionary
malevolent — (adj.) c.1500, from M.Fr. malivolent and directly from L. malevolentem (nom. malevolens) ill disposed, spiteful, envious, from male badly (see MAL (Cf. mal )) + volentem (nom. volens), prp. of velle to wish (see WILL (Cf … Etymology dictionary
malevolent — malignant, malign, *malicious, spiteful Analogous words: *sinister, baleful, malign, malefic, maleficent Antonyms: benevolent Contrasted words: benign, benignant, *kind, kindly: *charitable, humane, altruistic, humanitarian, philanthropic,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
malevolent — [adj] hateful bad natured, baleful, catty*, despiteful, dirty, evil, evil minded, hellish, hostile, lousy, malicious, malign, malignant, murder, murderous, pernicious, poison, rancorous, rough, sinister, spiteful, tough, vengeful, vicious,… … New thesaurus
malevolent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ wishing evil to others. DERIVATIVES malevolence noun malevolently adverb. ORIGIN Latin, from male ill + velle to wish … English terms dictionary
malevolent — [mə lev′ələnt] adj. [OFr malivolent < L malevolens (gen. malevolentis) < male, evil (see MAL ) + volens, prp. of velle, to wish: see WILL2] wishing evil or harm to others; having or showing ill will; malicious malevolently adv … English World dictionary
malevolent — malicious, malign, malignant, malevolent 1. All four words are connected with doing harm or evil (from Latin malus), but there are important differences. Malicious means ‘intending to do harm’ and is associated with people (or occasionally… … Modern English usage
