malevolence

From Middle French malevolence, from Latin malevolentia (“malevolence”), derived from malevolēns (“malevolent”).

• IPA^(key): /məˈlɛvələns/

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malevolence (countable and uncountable, plural malevolences)

1. Hostile attitude or feeling.

   to show someone malevolence

   He said it with malevolence.

   • 2023 July 5, Murtada Elfadl, “Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One review: Tom Cruise runs, jumps, and delivers again”, in AV Club‎:

     Esai Morales appears as the enforcer for “the entity‘’ and brings such simmering malevolence to the character that he should have been the villain instead.

2. Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.

• (attitude or feeling): ill-will, malice, spite

• benevolence

• malevolent