Malevolent Definition

mə-lĕvə-lənt
adjective
Wishing evil or harm to others; having or showing ill will; malicious.
Webster's New World
Having a harmful influence.
Malevolent stars.
American Heritage

Having an evil or harmful influence.

Wiktionary

Origin of Malevolent

  • Latin, from male (“ill") + velle (“to wish").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin malevolēns malevolent- malevolence

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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