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MALEVOLENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of threatening evil
Synonyms:
malevolence; malevolency; malice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("malevolence" is a kind of...):
evil; evilness (the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "malevolence"):
bitchiness; cattiness; nastiness; spite; spitefulness (malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty)
cruelness; cruelty; harshness (the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance)
beastliness; meanness (the quality of being deliberately mean)
Derivation:
malevolent (having or exerting a malignant influence)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Wishing evil to others
Synonyms:
malevolence; malignity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("malevolence" is a kind of...):
hate; hatred (the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "malevolence"):
maleficence (doing or causing evil)
malice; maliciousness; spite; spitefulness; venom (feeling a need to see others suffer)
vengefulness; vindictiveness (a malevolent desire for revenge)
Antonym:
benevolence (disposition to do good)
Derivation:
malevolent (wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred)
