having or showing a desire to harm other people synonym malicious, wicked malevolent intentions/thoughts his dark malevolent eyes opposite benevolent
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NAmE//məˈlɛvələns//
noun [uncountable] an act of pure malevolence adverbSee malevolent in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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