malevolence

ma·lev·o·lence  (m-lv-lns)

n.

1. The quality or state of being malevolent.

2. Malicious behavior.

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[Middle English, from Old French malivolence, from Latin malevolentia, from malevolns, malevolent-, malevolent : male, badly; see mel-³ in Indo-European roots + volns, present participle of velle, to want; see wel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	malevolence - wishing evil to others               malignity hate, hatred - the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action maleficence - doing or causing evil malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom - feeling a need to see others suffer vengefulness, vindictiveness - a malevolent desire for revenge benevolence - disposition to do good
	2.	malevolence - the quality of threatening evil       malevolency, malice bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness - malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty cruelness, cruelty, harshness - the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance beastliness, meanness - the quality of being deliberately mean evilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"

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malevolence

noun malice, hate, spite, hatred, nastiness, rancour, ill will, vindictiveness, malignity, spitefulness, vengefulness, maliciousness His actions betrayed a rare streak of malevolence.

Translations

malevolence [məˈlevələns] N → malevolencia f

malevolence [məˈlevələns] n → malveillance f

malevolence

n → Boshaftigkeit f; (of action) → Böswilligkeit f; to feel malevolence toward(s) somebody → einen Groll gegen jdn hegen

malevolence [məˈlɛvələns] n → malevolenza, malanimo