[usuallybeforenoun] having or showing a desire to harm other people:
malevolent intentions / thoughts * his dark malevolent eyes
OPPBENEVOLENT
malevolence noun [U]:
an act of pure malevolence
malevolently adverb
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, malevolent is tagged as adjective.
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