Malevolence

Ma-lev′o-lence

,

Noun.

[L.

malevolentia

. See

.]

The quality or state of being malevolent; evil disposition toward another; inclination to injure others; ill will. See Synonym of

Malice

.

Malevolence

MALEV'OLENCE

,

Noun.

[L. malevolentia; malum, evil, and volens, volo, to will.] Ill will, personal hatred; evil disposition towards another; enmity of heart; inclination to injure others. It expresses less than malignity.

malevolence

English

Noun

malevolence ‎(countable and uncountable, plural malevolences)

Hostile attitude or feeling.

to show someone malevolence

He said it with malevolence.
Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.

Synonyms

(attitude or feeling): ill-will, malice, spite

Translations

hostile feeling and attitude

Dutch: kwaadwil m, moedwil m, booswil m, misgunst m, malevolentie f
Finnish: pahantahtoisuus (fi)
French: malveillance (fr) f, hostilité (fr) f
German: Böswilligkeit f, Missgunst (de) f
Greek: εμπάθεια (el) f ‎(empátheia), κακοβουλία (el) f ‎(kakovoulía), μοχθηρία (el) f ‎(mochthiría)
Ancient: κᾰκοθῡμίᾱ f ‎(kakothūmíā)
Italian: melavolenza f

Kurdish: bedniyetî (ku) f, belakirrî (ku) f
Latin: malevolentia f
Polish: wrogość (pl) f
Portuguese: malevolência
Romanian: rea‑voință f, ostilitate (ro) f, pizmă (ro) f
Russian: злопыха́тельство (ru) n ‎(zlopyxátelʹstvo), недоброжела́тельность (ru) f ‎(nedobroželátelʹnostʹ)
Spanish: malevolencia f
Welsh: malais (cy) m

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