Malevolence
Nouns
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malevolence
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bad intent, bad intention
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unkindness, diskindness
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ill nature, ill will, ill blood
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bad blood
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enmity etc. Enmity
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hate etc. Hate
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malignity
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malice, malice prepense
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maliciousness etc. adj.
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spite, despite
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resentment etc. Resentment. uncharitableness etc. adj.
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incompassionateness etc. Existence4-pity">Pity.1
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gall, venom, rancor, rankling, virulence, mordacity, acerbity churlishness etc. (discourtesy) Discourtesy. hardness of heart, heart of stone, obduracy
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cruelty
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cruelness etc. adj.
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brutality, savagery
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ferity, ferocity
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barbarity, inhumanity, immanity, truculence, ruffianism
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evil eye, cloven foot
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torture, vivisection. ill turn, bad turn
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affront etc. (disrespect) Disrespect
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outrage, atrocity
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ill usage
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intolerance, persecution
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tender mercies [Iron.]
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unkindest cut of all" [Julius Caesar].
Verbs
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be malevolent etc. adj.
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bear spleen, harbor spleen, bear a grudge, harbor a grudge, bear malice
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betray the cloven foot, show the cloven foot. hurt etc. (physical pain) Physical Pain
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annoy etc. [Capability of giving pain; cause or source of pain] Painfulness
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injure., harm, wrong
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do harm to, do an ill office to
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outrage
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disoblige, malign, plant a thorn in the breast. molest, worry, harass, haunt, harry, bait, tease
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throw stones at
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play the devil with
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hunt down, dragoon, hound
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persecute, oppress, grind
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maltreat
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illtreat, ill-use. wreak one's malice on, do one's worst, break a butterfly on the wheel
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dip one's hands in blood, imbrue one's hands in blood
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have no mercy etc. Existence4-pity">Pity.1.
Adjectives
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malevolent, unbenevolent
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unbenign
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ill-disposed, ill-intentioned, ill-natured, ill-conditioned, ill-contrived
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evil-minded, evil-disposed
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black-browed. malicious
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malign, malignant
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rancorous
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despiteful, spiteful
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mordacious, caustic, bitter, envenomed, acrimonious, virulent
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unamiable, uncharitable
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maleficent, venomous, grinding, galling. harsh, disobliging
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unkind, unfriendly, ungracious
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inofficious
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invidious
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uncandid
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churlish etc. (discourteous) Discourtesy
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surly, sullen etc. Existence-irascibility">Irascibility.1. cold, cold-blooded, cold-hearted
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black-hearted, hard-hearted, flint-hearted, marble-hearted, stony-hearted
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hard of heart, unnatural
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ruthless etc. (unmerciful) Existence4-pity">Pity.1
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relentless etc. (revengeful) Revenge. cruel
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brutal, brutish
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savage, savage as a bear, savage as a tiger
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ferine, ferocious
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inhuman
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barbarous, barbaric, semibarbaric, fell, untamed, tameless, truculent, incendiary
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bloodthirsty etc. (murderous) [Destruction of life; violent death.] Killing
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atrocious
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bloodyminded. fiendish, fiendlike
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demoniacal
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diabolic, diabolical
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devilish, infernal, hellish, Satanic
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Tartaran.
Adverbs
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malevolently etc. adj.
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with bad intent etc. n..
Phrases
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cruel as death
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hard unkindness' alter'd eye" [Gray]
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rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind" [Hamlet]
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sharp-tooth'd unkindness" [Lear].