Definition of Malevolent

Malevolent

Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another's misfortune.

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Another, Disposed, Evil, In, Injure, Misfortune, Rejoicing, To, Wishing

Malevolent Quotations

For nobody is curious, who isn't malevolent.
Plautus

When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them as if their reason had left them. When it has left a place where we have always found it, it is like shipwreck; we drop from security into something malevolent and bottomless.
Willa Cather

Seeing my malevolent face in the mirror, my benevolent soul shrinks back.
Mason Cooley

Outside the walls, among others, is the Soviet Empire. It is malevolent, destructive and expanding. It has swallowed up over half a dozen countries since World War II.
Barbara Amiel

All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate.
Charles Inglis

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Malevolent Translations

malevolent in Italian is malintenzionato
malevolent in Swedish is illvillig

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