Definition for Malevolence:

• Spitefulness; ill will; intent to do injury to others.

Synonyms for Malevolence:

• n.

  •
  • attitude.
  •abuse (noun)
  • in-juries,
  • mis deed,
  • mis-deed,
  • in juries,
  • in-jury,
  • mis deeds,
  • in jury,
  • manhandlings,
  • mis-deeds.
  •acrimony (noun)
  • un kindness,
  • un-kindness,
  • unkindnesses,
  • churlishnesses,
  • un kindnesses,
  • crankinesses,
  • un-kindnesses.
  •animosity (noun)
  • dis pleasures,
  • dis-pleasures,
  • dis pleasure,
  • dis-pleasure.
  •bad blood (noun)
  • dis trust,
  • mutual hostilities,
  • un friendlinesses,
  • un friendliness,
  • dis-accords,
  • bad chemistries,
  • un-friendliness,
  • unfriendlinesses,
  • dis accord,
  • ill disposednesses,
  • illdisposedness,
  • personality conflicts,
  • bad wills,
  • dis-accord,
  • dis trusts,
  • oppugnancies,
  • ill-disposednesses,
  • bad feelings,
  • bad vibe,
  • dis-trust,
  • dis-trusts,
  • oppugnations,
  • bad-blood,
  • dis accords,
  • ill disposedness,
  • illdisposednesses,
  • un-friendlinesses.
  •belligerence (noun)
  • truculency,
  • militance,
  • pugnaciousness.
  •enmity (noun)
  • contention,
  • antagonism,
  • incompatibility,
  • surliness,
  • conflict,
  • wrath,
  • coolness,
  • resentment,
  • Adverseness,
  • bitterness,
  • inharmoniousness,
  • polarity,
  • antipathy,
  • opposition,
  • combativeness,
  • coldness,
  • loathing,
  • alienation,
  • friction,
  • dislike,
  • discordance,
  • Averseness,
  • contrariety,
  • quarrelsomeness,
  • tension.
  •envy (noun)
  • invidiousness,
  • jaundiced eye,
  • Grudgingness,
  • grudgings.
  •evil (noun)
  • infamy,
  • looseness,
  • vileness,
  • criminality,
  • diabolisms,
  • diabolism,
  • criminalities,
  • knavery,
  • sinfulness,
  • obscenity,
  • Knaveries,
  • Peccancy.
  •feeling (noun)
  • malevolence,
  • malignity.
  •gall (noun)
  • sauciness,
  • overbearance,
  • gall,
  • crust cynicism.
  •grudge (noun)
  • in justices,
  • in-justices,
  • bone pick,
  • in-justice.
  •hate (noun)
  • Repugnancy,
  • black beast,
  • no love lost,
  • Repellence,
  • Hates,
  • Repellency,
  • nasty look.
  •hatred (noun)
  • spleen.
  •hostility (noun)
  • warpaths,
  • dis-affections,
  • dis-affection,
  • inimicalities,
  • dis affection,
  • dis affections.
  •ill will (noun)
  • indignity.
  •pugnacity (noun)
  • pugnacity.
  •rancor (noun)
  • re vengefulnesses,
  • re-vengefulnesses,
  • un charitableness,
  • hardness heart,
  • un-charitablenesses,
  • re vengefulness,
  • uncharitablenesses,
  • re-vengefulness,
  • ruthlessnesses,
  • revengefulnesses,
  • un charitablenesses,
  • un-charitableness.
  •revenge (noun)
  • counterinsurgency,
  • sortie,
  • counter blow,
  • counterplay,
  • avengment.
  •sullenness (noun)
  • fretfulness,
  • petulance,
  • melancholy,
  • grimness,
  • long-facedness,
  • cynicism,
  • dejection,
  • sourness,
  • moroseness,
  • sullenness,
  • crossness,
  • dourness,
  • glumness,
  • gloominess,
  • sulkiness,
  • obstinacy,
  • cantankerousness,
  • grouchiness,
  • irascibility,
  • darkness,
  • grumpiness,
  • contrariness,
  • crabbiness,
  • moodiness.
  •truculence (noun)
  • truculence.
  •vindictiveness (noun)
  • cussedness,
  • cattiness,
  • orneriness.
  •vitriol (noun)
  • Acrimoniousness.
  •wrong (noun)
  • bad deeds,
  • in equity,
  • Torts,
  • bad deed,
  • inhumanity,
  • tort.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • venomousness,
  • poisonousness,
  • despitefulness.

Paraphrases for Malevolence:

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    malicious.

Antonyms for Malevolence:

• n.

  • feeling
    benevolence.
  • hatred
    friendship, sympathy, friendliness, good will.
  • ill will
    kindness, liking, loving, charitableness, like, goodwill, love.
  • Other antonyms:
    amity, hospitality, cordiality, civility, worship, alliance, amicability, infatuation, empathy, passion, agreement, understanding, charity, ardor, kindliness, harmony, regard, veneration, concord, amiability, comity, adoration, affection, devotion.

Malevolence Sentence Examples:

• The landlady of the Independence Hotel had not abated her malevolence towards the Saints, and had imported at considerable expense her grand - aunt and grand - uncle, who had been enjoying for some years a sequestered retirement in the poorhouse at East Machias.

• After all, it were folly to permit the malevolence of a cad so to distress him.

Homophones for Malevolence:

• malevolency.

Hypernym for Malevolence:

• n.

  • feeling
    maliciousness, spitefulness, venom, vengefulness, maleficence, spite, vindictiveness, malice.

Hyponym for Malevolence:

• n.

  • feeling
    hate, hatred.