English noun: malevolence | |||
1. | malevolence (feeling) wishing evil to others | ||
Synonyms | malignity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hate, hatred | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | maleficence, malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, vengefulness, venom, vindictiveness | ||
Antonyms | benevolence | ||
2. | malevolence (attribute) the quality of threatening evil | ||
Synonyms | malevolency, malice | ||
Broader (hypernym) | evil, evilness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | beastliness, bitchiness, cattiness, cruelness, cruelty, harshness, meanness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness | ||