malevolence

Definition

Hostile attitude or feeling.

Etymology

From Middle French malevolence, from Latin malevolentia (“malevolence”), derived from malevolēns (“malevolent”).

Example Sentences

• "to show someone malevolence"
• "He said it with malevolence."
• "Esai Morales appears as the enforcer for “the entity‘’ and brings such simmering malevolence to the character that he should have been the villain instead."

Related Words