unbenignadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [adjective]
hateleOE
swartOE
ill-willinga1300
illc1330
ill-willeda1340
evil-willya1382
hatefula1400
malignc1429
malicea1500
maltalentivea1500
ill-willy15..
malevolent1509
malevolous1531
ill asposit1535
ill-givena1568
stomaching1579
malignant1592
gall-ful1596
gall-wet1597
ill-affecteda1599
unpleasant1603
evil-affected1611
gallsome1633
ill-meaning1633
ill-natured1645
unbenign1651
sullen1676
unbenevolent1694
reptilian1855
unbenignant1856
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adjective]
hateleOE
balefulOE
swartOE
hatelyOE
ill-willinga1300
illc1330
ill-willeda1340
evil-willya1382
hatefula1400
malignc1429
malicea1500
maltalentivea1500
malevolent1509
malevolous1531
fiendisha1535
ill asposit1535
ill-givena1568
malignant1592
ill-affecteda1599
unpleasant1603
manless?1609
evil-affected1611
ill-willy1611
ill-meaning1633
ill-natured1645
swarthy1651
unbenign1651
reptile1653
sullen1676
maligning1687
unbenevolent1694
reptilian1855
unbenignant1856
1651 O. Cromwell Let. to Greenwood 4 Feb. (Carlyle) I should wrong it..if, either by pretended modesty or in any unbenign way, I should dispute the acceptance of it.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 661 When to joyne In Synod unbenigne . View more context for this quotation
1698 S. Crisp Christ Exalted 88 I proceed to convince..my Dear Kratiste of his unbenign Temper.
1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iv. 186 As if the act removed..all traces from the good Man's heart Of unbenign aversion. View more context for this quotation
Derivatives
unbeˈnignly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [adverb]
illc1300
accursedlyc1330
hatefullyc1425
unlovingly1512
malignantly1565
manlessly1607
malevolently1613
malefically1652
unbenignly1863
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adverb]
illc1300
hatefullyc1425
malignantly1565
accursedly1579
manlessly1607
malevolently1613
malefically1652
unbenignly1863
1863 Ld. Tennyson Hendecasyllabics in Cornhill Mag. Dec. 708 As some..Half coquette-like Maiden, not to be greeted unbenignly.
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