malevolence

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
24
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/məˈlɛvələns/

Definition of malevolence

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Hostile attitude or feeling.
    “to show someone malevolence”
    “He said it with 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.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Hostile attitude or feeling.
    “to show someone malevolence”
    “He said it with 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.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.

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Etymology

From Middle French malevolence, from Latin malevolentia (“malevolence”), derived from malevolēns (“malevolent”).

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