Malevolent \Ma*lev"o*lent\, a. [L. malevolens, -entis; male ill
+ volens, p. pr. of velle to be willing or disposed, to wish.
See Malice, and Voluntary.]
Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in
another's misfortune.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Ill-disposed; envious; mischievous; evil-minded;
spiteful; malicious; malignant; rancorous.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
malevolent
adj 1: wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from
intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old
woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who
were successful" [syn: malicious] [ant: benevolent]
2: extremely malevolent or malicious; "the malignant tongues of
gossipers" [syn: malignant]
3: having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent
stars"; "a malefic force" [syn: malefic, malign, evil]
WordNet (r) 2.0
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "malevolent":
acrid, antagonistic, antipathetic, bad, baleful, baneful,
belligerent, bitchy, bitter, black, caustic, clashing, colliding,
conflicting, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive,
counterproductive, criminal, damaging, deadly, deleterious,
despiteful, detrimental, disadvantageous, disserviceable,
distressing, evil, evil-disposed, full of hate, harmful, hateful,
hostile, hurtful, ill, ill-affected, ill-conditioned, ill-disposed,
ill-intentioned, ill-natured, improper, inaccurate, inauspicious,
inexpedient, inferior, injurious, invalid, lethal, malefic,
maleficent, malicious, malign, malignant, mischievous, noisome,
noxious, ominous, peccant, pernicious, poisonous, prejudicial,
quarrelsome, rancorous, repugnant, scatheful, set against, sinful,
sinister, sore, spiteful, toxic, unfavorable, unhealthy, unkind,
unpleasant, unskillful, untoward, venenate, veneniferous, venenous,
venomous, vicious, virulent, vitriolic, wicked, wrong
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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