malevolent

English

Etymology

From Middle French malivolent, from Latin malevolentem, from male (“badly, wrongly”) + velle (“to wish”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /məˈlɛvələnt/

Adjective

malevolent (comparative more malevolent, superlative most malevolent)

having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
having an evil or harmful influence
- 17 June 2018, Barney Ronay, The Guardian, Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win:
  Vela, Javier Hernández and Lozano switched positions with a thrillingly malevolent sense of purpose.

Related terms

▼ <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*welh%E2%82%81-' title='Category:English terms derived from the PIE root *welh₁-'>English terms derived from the PIE root *welh₁-</a>‎ (0 c, 10 e)

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/benevolence' title='benevolence'>benevolence</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/benevolent' title='benevolent'>benevolent</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/malevolence' title='malevolence'>malevolence</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/malevolent' title='malevolent'>malevolent</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/volition' title='volition'>volition</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/voluntary' title='voluntary'>voluntary</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/volunteer' title='volunteer'>volunteer</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/voluptuary' title='voluptuary'>voluptuary</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/voluptuous' title='voluptuous'>voluptuous</a>

Translations

having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others

Armenian: չարամիտ (hy) (čʿaramit)
Azerbaijani: pisniyyətli, pis məqsədli, pisfikirli, qərəzli
Bengali: পরশ্রীকাতর (pôrôśrīkatôr)
Catalan: malèvol (ca)
Dutch: kwaadwillend (nl)
Estonian: pahatahtlik
Finnish: pahansuopa (fi), pahantahtoinen (fi)
French: malintentionné (fr), malveillant (fr), malévolent (fr) (rare)
Galician: malévolo m
German: böswillig (de)
Greek: μοχθηρός (el) (mochthirós)
Indonesian: berniat jahat
Irish: anchroíoch

Italian: malintenzionato (it)
Macedonian: злонамерен (zlonameren)
Malay: berniat jahat
Maori: kikokiko, ngākaukino
Norman: dêvoulu
Persian: بدکامه‎ (badkâme), بدخواه‎ (fa) (badxâh)
Polish: złowrogi (pl), wrogi (pl)
Portuguese: malevolente (pt), malévolo (pt), mal-intencionado (pt)
Romanian: rău intenționat
Russian: недоброжелательный (ru) (nedobroželatelʹnyj), злорадный (ru) (zloradnyj), злонаме́ренный (ru) (zlonamérennyj)
Spanish: malévolo, malintencionado
Swedish: illvillig (sv), illasinnad (sv)
Turkish: kötü amaçlı, kötü niyetli, kötücül (tr)

having an evil or harmful influence

Finnish: vahingollinen (fi)
Irish: anchroíoch
Japanese: marefikku (マレフィック)

Polish: wrogi (pl), złowrogi (pl)
Portuguese: malévolo (pt)
Russian: зловредный (ru) (zlovrednyj)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.