Malevolent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Malevolent \Ma*lev"o*lent\, a. [L. malevolens, -entis; male ill
     + volens, p. pr. of velle to be willing or disposed, to wish.
     See {Malice}, and {Voluntary}.]
     Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in
     another's misfortune.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     Syn: Ill-disposed; envious; mischievous; evil-minded;
          spiteful; malicious; malignant; rancorous.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  malevolent
       adj 1: wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from
              intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old
              woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who
              were successful" [syn: {malicious}] [ant: {benevolent}]
       2: extremely malevolent or malicious; "the malignant tongues of
          gossipers" [syn: {malignant}]
       3: having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent
          stars"; "a malefic force" [syn: {malefic}, {malign}, {evil}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  87 Moby Thesaurus words for "malevolent":
     acrid, antagonistic, antipathetic, bad, baleful, baneful,
     belligerent, bitchy, bitter, black, caustic, clashing, colliding,
     conflicting, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive,
     counterproductive, criminal, damaging, deadly, deleterious,
     despiteful, detrimental, disadvantageous, disserviceable,
     distressing, evil, evil-disposed, full of hate, harmful, hateful,
     hostile, hurtful, ill, ill-affected, ill-conditioned, ill-disposed,
     ill-intentioned, ill-natured, improper, inaccurate, inauspicious,
     inexpedient, inferior, injurious, invalid, lethal, malefic,
     maleficent, malicious, malign, malignant, mischievous, noisome,
     noxious, ominous, peccant, pernicious, poisonous, prejudicial,
     quarrelsome, rancorous, repugnant, scatheful, set against, sinful,
     sinister, sore, spiteful, toxic, unfavorable, unhealthy, unkind,
     unpleasant, unskillful, untoward, venenate, veneniferous, venenous,
     venomous, vicious, virulent, vitriolic, wicked, wrong