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- pronunciation:
- m
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lihnt
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
wishing or doing evil to others; ill-willed; malicious.
The spirits haunting this house are mischievous but not malevolent.Since my promotion, the administrative assistant looks at me with a malevolent glare.- antonyms:
- benevolent
- similar words:
- catty, destructive, evil, malicious, malign, malignant, miscreant, spiteful, vicious
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| related words: |
bad, bitter, cruel, destructive, diabolic, diabolical, hateful, inimical, mean, satanic, virulent, wanton |
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| derivation: |
malevolently (adv.) |
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