MALEVOLENCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)