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malevolent

[ muh-lev-uh-luhnt ]

adjective

  1. wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious:

    His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.

  2. evil; harmful; injurious:

    a malevolent inclination to destroy the happiness of others.

  3. Astrology. evil or malign in influence.


malevolent

/ 尘蓹藞濒蓻惫蓹濒蓹苍迟 /

adjective

  1. wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; malicious
  2. astrology having an evil influence
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 尘补藞濒别惫辞濒别苍肠别, noun
  • 尘补藞濒别惫辞濒别苍迟濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘补路濒别惫顎僶路濒别苍迟路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍顎卪补路濒别惫顎僶路濒别苍迟 adjective
  • un顎叧静孤繁舯鸨诡僶路濒别苍迟路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of malevolent1

First recorded in 1500鈥10; from Latin malevolent-, stem of 尘补濒别惫辞濒脓苍蝉 鈥渋ll-disposed, spiteful,鈥 from male- male- + 惫辞濒脓苍蝉 鈥渨anting鈥 (present participle of velle 鈥渢o want, wish for, desire鈥; will 1 )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of malevolent1

C16: from Latin malevolens, from male ill + volens, present participle of velle to wish
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The main character of 鈥淭he First Shadow鈥 is Henry Creel, an adolescent dweeb who looks like Pee-wee Herman but has a malevolent side that could give Carrie a run for her prom night money.

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But in Nozick's version, there were no malevolent AIs; it would be "provided by friendly and trustworthy beings from another galaxy".

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He has the preternatural ability to contort his facial expressions ever so slightly, going from innocent to cold and malevolent and back again in a split second.

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In that great play, part of the pleasure is teasing out when the host couple, George and Martha, are playing a malevolent prank on their guests or tearing each other apart for real.

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And it鈥檚 an attempt by the truly malevolent to weaponize their dangerous ignorance, to make their viciousness normal鈥攁nd to implicate all of us in their inhumanity.

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