malevolence
/məˈlɛvələns/
malevolence noun: hostile attitude or feeling.
Noun
malevolence (countable and uncountable, plural malevolences)
- Hostile attitude or feeling.
- to show someone malevolence
- He said it with malevolence.
- Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.
malevolence meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
malevolence in Tamil
- துன்பம் விளைவித்தல்
malevolence in Urdu
- بداثری, بدخواہی, بیر, کپٹ
malevolence in Bengali
- বিদ্বেষ, পরশ্রীকাতরতা, অমঙ্গলকামনা
malevolence in Malayalam
- malevolence
- കുനിഷ്ഠൻ kuniṣṭhaṉ
More languagesFewer languages
- malevolence in Odia
- ସାଦ sāda
Synonyms of malevolence
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Forms of malevolence
| plural | malevolences |
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Origin of malevolence
From Middle French malevolence, from Latin malevolentia (“malevolence”), derived from malevolēns (“malevolent”).
Words formed from malevolence
Questions about malevolence
- What does malevolence mean?
- Malevolence means hostile attitude or feeling.
- What is malevolence in Tamil?
- Malevolence in Tamil is துன்பம் விளைவித்தல். See Malevolence meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is malevolence?
- Malevolence is a noun.
- How do you pronounce malevolence?
- Malevolence is pronounced /məˈlɛvələns/.
- What is the plural of malevolence?
- The plural of malevolence is malevolences.
Words near malevolence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: malevolence (page history and authors); malevolence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malevolence (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Malevolence (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കുനിഷ്ഠൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ସାଦ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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