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Synonyms & Antonyms of malevolent
having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it
- the novel grossly oversimplified the conflict as a struggle between relentlessly malevolent villains on one side and faultless saints on the other
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The first known use of malevolent was in 1509
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