Meaning of MALEVOLENCE
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- [n] the quality of threatening evil
- [n] wishing evil to others
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| | Synonyms: | | malevolency, malice, malignity |
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| | Antonyms: | | benevolence | | |
| | See Also: | | beastliness, bitchiness, cattiness, cruelness, cruelty, evil, evilness, harshness, hate, hatred, maleficence, malice, maliciousness, meanness, nastiness, spite, spite, spitefulness, spitefulness, vengefulness, venom, vindictiveness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ma*lev"o*lence\, n. [L. malevolentia. See
{Malevolent}.]
The quality or state of being malevolent; evil disposition
toward another; inclination to injure others; ill will. See
Synonym of {Malice}.
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| | Related Terms: | | abhorrence, abomination, Anglophobia, antagonism, antipathy, anti-Semitism, aversion, bad blood, bad temper, bad will, badness, belligerence, bigotry, blighting glance, clash, clashing, collision, conflict, contention, damnability, despite, despitefulness, detestation, dislike, evil disposition, evil eye, evilness, execration, friction, grudge, hate, hatred, hostility, ill nature, ill will, ill-disposedness, improperness, inaccuracy, inauspiciousness, inexpedience, inferiority, invalidity, loathing, malice, maliciousness, malignity, malocchio, misandry, misanthropy, misogyny, moral badness, odium, peccancy, quarrelsomeness, race hatred, racism, reprehensibility, repugnance, Russophobia, spite, spitefulness, spleen, unfavorableness, unhealthiness, unkindness, unpleasantness, unskillfulness, vials of hate, vials of wrath, viciousness, whammy, wickedness, xenophobia |
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