See malevolent on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2022 October 27, Simon Parkin, “README.txt by Chelsea Manning review – secrets and spies”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
"text": "In Iraq the bullying continued. After she witnessed the death of a colleague, Manning felt how “with enough grief, adrenaline and fear”, war can turn anyone “amoral, even malevolent”.",
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"word": "পরশ্রীকাতর"
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"sense": "having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others",
"word": "惡毒的"
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"word": "恶毒的"
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"word": "malintentionné"
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"word": "maléfique"
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"word": "mauvais"
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"word": "böswillig"
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"sense": "having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others",
"word": "μοχθηρός"
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"sense": "having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others",
"word": "berniat jahat"
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"sense": "having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others",
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"sense": "having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others",
"word": "邪悪な"
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"roman": "saakhada",
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"word": "사악하다"
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"word": "കുനിഷ്ഠൻ"
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"word": "kikokiko"
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"word": "dêvoulu"
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"sense": "having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others",
"word": "yfelwillende"
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"sense": "having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others",
"word": "wrogi"
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"sense": "having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others",
"word": "malevolente"
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"sense": "having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others",
"word": "malévolo"
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"sense": "having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others",
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"sense": "having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others",
"word": "злора́дный"
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"sense": "having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others",
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"word": "illasinnad"
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"sense": "having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others",
"word": "kötü amaçlı"
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"sense": "having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others",
"word": "kötü niyetli"
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"sense": "having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others",
"word": "kötücül"
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"word": "wrogi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having an evil or harmful influence",
"word": "złowrogi"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having an evil or harmful influence",
"word": "malévolo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zlovrédnyj",
"sense": "having an evil or harmful influence",
"word": "зловре́дный"
}
],
"word": "malevolent"
}
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