单词 | malevolent |
释义 | malevolent —malevolently, adv. /meuh lev"euh leuhnt/, adj. 1. wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful. 2. evil; harmful; injurious: a malevolent inclination to destroy the happiness of others. 3. Astrol. evil or malign in influence. [1500-10; < L malevolent- (s. of malevolens) ill-disposed, spiteful, equiv. to male- MALE- + volent- (s. of volens), prp. of velle to want, wish for, desire (see WILL1, -ENT)] |
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