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malevolous

malevolous adjective: malicious, malevolent.

Adjective

malevolous (comparative more malevolous, superlative most malevolous)

  1. malicious, malevolent

Forms of malevolous

comparativemore malevolous
superlativemost malevolous

Questions about malevolous

What does malevolous mean?
Malevolous means malicious, malevolent.
What part of speech is malevolous?
Malevolous is an adjective.

Words near malevolous in the dictionary

  1. malevolences
  2. malevolencies
  3. malevolency
  4. malevolent
  5. malevolently
  6. malevolous
  7. Malew
  8. malewife
  9. malewives
  10. malexecution
  11. Maley

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