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malevolence
Synonyms and Antonyms of malevolence
the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm
- glared at us with malevolence
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Synonym Discussion of malevolence
malice, malevolence, ill will, spite, malignity, spleen, grudge mean the desire to see another experience pain, injury, or distress. malice implies a deep-seated often unexplainable desire to see another suffer.
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- felt no malice toward their former enemies
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- a look of dark malevolence
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- ill will provoked by a careless remark
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- petty insults inspired by spite
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- a life consumed by motiveless malignity
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- venting his spleen against politicians
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- never one to harbor a grudge
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