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“malevolent”
malevolent (adjective), more malevolent, most malevolent
Pertaining to an individual who attempts destructive activities or exerts an evil influence: The more malevolent prisoners tried to incite a riot by using all of their most hateful comments and misinformation to provoke others to rebel against the prison guards.
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The author of the crime novels described a malevolent character who often committed heinous crimes under the guise of being a kindly old neighbor.
![Showing intense ill will.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/malevolent-1.jpg)
![Wanting bad things to happen for others.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/malevolent-2.jpg)
![Doing harm or bad things to another person.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/malevolent-3.jpg)
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This entry is located in the following units:
mal-, male-, mali-
(page 4)
-olent, -ulent
(page 2)
volen-, volunt-, voli-, vol-
(page 1)
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“malevolent”
Characterized by wishing evil or harm to another person or other people. (3)
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