单词 | malevolence |
释义 | malevolencen. a. The quality of being malevolent; the wishing or the disposition to wish evil to others; ill will. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [noun] evil willc897 leth971 loathc1175 atterness?c1225 ill1303 maltalentc1330 ill-willingnessa1340 talenta1380 malignityc1390 ill willa1400 fellnessc1410 malevolencec1454 malignation?c1500 hatefulness1548 malignance1605 malevolency1635 malignancy1640 reptilism1821 fiendism1852 unbenignity1867 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [noun] evil willc897 leth971 loathc1175 atterness?c1225 ill1303 maltalentc1330 ill-willingnessa1340 talenta1380 malignityc1390 ill willa1400 with hard (also sorry) gracec1405 malevolencec1454 malignation?c1500 malignitiesa1529 hatefulness1548 malignance1605 fiendishness1613 malevolency1635 malignancy1640 fellness1678 malevolentness1727 malignantness1727 reptilism1821 unbenignity1867 c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 158 Summe men synnen..bi maliuolence, þat is to see, bi malice. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xli. 153 The grete malyuolence or euyll wylle that he had. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xxviiv Wo be to them whych by malyuolence Slandreth or dyffameth any creature. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 65 Too him that..either of ignorauns..or els of maleuolens woold make any doout. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. vi. 28 The maleuolence of Fortune. View more context for this quotation 1688 J. Norris Theory & Regulation Love i. ii. 15 A willing evil to some person or other, which we call Malice or Malevolence. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 422. ¶4 The Malevolence, which is too general towards those who excell. 1789 W. Belsham Ess. II. xl. 510 The reputation of Hooker..rises far above the reach of Mr. Burke's malevolence. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Calderon i This prudent frankness disarmed malevolence on the score of birth. 1885 Liverpool Daily Post 1 June 5/3 Every obstacle which partisan malevolence could create he has had to encounter. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love vi. 73 ‘Curse you,’ said the young man, standing by the table and looking down at her with acrid malevolence. 1955 A. West Heritage ii. 67 For a second an expression of annoyance, almost of malevolence, crossed his face. 1983 R. Narayan Tiger for Malgudi 79 He didn't do it out of malevolence, but a sudden impulse of mischief. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > subsidy > [noun] witereden688 commorth1402 aid1419 subsidy1422 subside?a1425 prest?c1430 loan1439 subventiona1475 benevolence1483 loan-money1523 gratitude1535 press money1561 subsidy money1577 malevolence1592 succour1605 oblation1613 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxviv The kyng..called this graunt of money a beneuolence, not withstanding that many with grudge & maleuolence gaue great summes toward that new founde beneuolence.] 1592 J. Stow Annales anno 1473 701 The king..called this grant of money a Beneuolence, notwithstanding that many grudged therat and called it a Maleuolence. 1640 Ld. J. Digby Speech in Comm. 9 Nov. 4 The granting of Subsidies, and that under so preposterous a name as of a Benevolence, for that which is a Malevolence indeed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1454 |
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