"malevolence" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /məˈlɛvələns/ Audio: en-au-malevolence.ogg Forms: malevolences [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French malevolence, from Latin malevolentia (“malevolence”), derived from malevolēns (“malevolent”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*welh₁-}}, {{uder|en|frm|malevolence}} Middle French malevolence, {{uder|en|la|malevolentia||malevolence}} Latin malevolentia (“malevolence”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} malevolence (countable and uncountable, plural malevolences)
  1. Hostile attitude or feeling. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (attitude or feeling): ill-will, malice, spite Translations (hostile feeling and attitude): κᾰκοθῡμίᾱ (kakothūmíā) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), չարակամություն (čʻarakamutʻyun) (Armenian), варожасць (varóžascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), нядобразычлівасць (njadóbrazyčlivascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), злоба (zloba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), неприязън (neprijazǎn) [feminine] (Bulgarian), malevolència [feminine] (Catalan), kwaadwil [masculine] (Dutch), vijandigheid [masculine] (Dutch), moedwil [masculine] (Dutch), misgunst [masculine] (Dutch), malevolentie [feminine] (Dutch), pahantahtoisuus (Finnish), malveillance [feminine] (French), hostilité [feminine] (French), malevolencia [feminine] (Galician), Böswilligkeit [feminine] (German), Missgunst [feminine] (German), εμπάθεια (empátheia) [feminine] (Greek), κακοβουλία (kakovoulía) [feminine] (Greek), μοχθηρία (mochthiría) [feminine] (Greek), malevolenza [feminine] (Italian), malevolentia [feminine] (Latin), sbabibəɬ (Lushootseed), зло́ба (zlóba) [feminine] (Macedonian), iiníziin (Navajo), bedniyetî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), belakirrî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), yfelwillendnes [feminine] (Old English), wrogość [feminine] (Polish), złowrogość [feminine] (Polish), malevolência (Portuguese), rea-voință [feminine] (Romanian), ostilitate [feminine] (Romanian), pizmă [feminine] (Romanian), злопыха́тельство (zlopyxátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), недоброжела́тельность (nedobroželátelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), вражде́бность (vraždébnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), malevolencia [feminine] (Spanish), malais [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude. Tags: countable, uncountable
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Related terms: malevolent

Inflected forms

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      "word": "ill-will"
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      "word": "злопыха́тельство"
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