malevolence en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /məˈlɛvələns/
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From Middle French malevolence, from Latin malevolentia (“malevolence”), derived from malevolēns (“malevolent”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Hostile attitude or feeling.
to show someone malevolence
Esai Morales appears as the enforcer for “the entity‘’ and brings such simmering malevolence to the character that he should have been the villain instead.
2023 July 5, Murtada Elfadl, “Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One review: Tom Cruise runs, jumps, and delivers again”, in AV Club:He said it with malevolence.
- (countable, uncountable) Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| malevolences | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
malice (attitude or feeling) · spite (attitude or feeling) · ill-will (attitude or feeling)
Translations (47)
cmn 敵意 /敌意 (hostile attitude or feeling) · bg неприязън (hostile attitude or feeling) · gl malevolencia (hostile attitude or feeling) · fr hostilité (hostile attitude or feeling) · ro ostilitate (hostile attitude or feeling) · be нядобразычлівасць (hostile attitude or feeling) · fr malveillance (hostile attitude or feeling) · el κακοβουλία (hostile attitude or feeling) · fi pahantahtoisuus (behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude) · pt malevolência (hostile attitude or feeling) · cmn 敵對行為 /敌对行为 (behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude) · bg злоба (hostile attitude or feeling) · ru недоброжела́тельность (hostile attitude or feeling) · cmn 對抗行為 /对抗行为 (behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude) · el εμπάθεια (hostile attitude or feeling) · ro rea-voință (hostile attitude or feeling) · kmr belakirrî (hostile attitude or feeling) · pl wrogość (hostile attitude or feeling) · ru вражде́бность (hostile attitude or feeling) · lut sbabibəɬ (hostile attitude or feeling) · la malevolentia (hostile attitude or feeling) · kmr bedniyetî (hostile attitude or feeling) · ro pizmă (hostile attitude or feeling) · nl moedwil (hostile attitude or feeling) · ru злопыха́тельство (hostile attitude or feeling) · nl malevolentie (hostile attitude or feeling) · be варожасць (hostile attitude or feeling) · nl kwaadwil (hostile attitude or feeling) · cy malais (hostile attitude or feeling) · de Böswilligkeit (hostile attitude or feeling) · nl misgunst (hostile attitude or feeling) · ang yfelwillendnes (hostile attitude or feeling) · el μοχθηρία (hostile attitude or feeling) · hy չարակամություն (hostile attitude or feeling) · mk зло́ба (hostile attitude or feeling) · cmn 惡意 /恶意 (hostile attitude or feeling) · grc κᾰκοθῡμίᾱ (hostile attitude or feeling) · nl vijandigheid (hostile attitude or feeling) · cmn 敵意行為 /敌意行为 (behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude) · pl złowrogość (hostile attitude or feeling) · it malevolenza (hostile attitude or feeling) · ca malevolència (hostile attitude or feeling) · es malevolencia (hostile attitude or feeling) · cmn 反感 (hostile attitude or feeling) · de Missgunst (hostile attitude or feeling) · nv iiníziin (hostile attitude or feeling) · fi pahantahtoisuus (hostile attitude or feeling)