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malevolence

noun
Quick answer

As a noun, malevolence means hostile attitude or feeling.

Meanings of malevolence

4 meanings

noun

  1. Hostile attitude or feeling.

    “to show someone malevolence”

    “He said it with malevolence.”

  2. Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.

  3. Wishing evil to othersfeeling

    Similar: malignity

  4. The quality of threatening evil

    Similar: malevolency, malice

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: wishing evil to others
malignity
noun: the quality of threatening evil
malevolencymalice
Oppositesbenevolence

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