Crossword clues for malevolence
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Malevolence \Ma*lev"o*lence\, n. [L. malevolentia. See Malevolent.] The quality or state of being malevolent; evil disposition toward another; inclination to injure others; ill will. See Synonym of Malice.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Middle French malevolence and directly from Latin malevolentia "ill-will, dislike, hatred," from malevolentem (nominative malevolens) "malevolent" (see malevolent).
Wiktionary
n. 1 hostile attitude or feeling. 2 Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.
WordNet
n. wishing evil to others [syn: malignity] [ant: benevolence]
the quality of threatening evil [syn: malevolency, malice]
Wikipedia
Malevolence may refer to:
- Evil
- Hostility
- Malice (law)
- Sadism, the experience of feeling pleasure from the pain of others.
Malevolence is a 2003 independent American horror film directed by Stevan Mena and starring Samantha Dark and R. Brandon Johnson. The plot follows a mother and daughter held hostage by bank robbers at an abandoned house; the robbers' plans are disrupted when they are all confronted by a serial killer who resides on the property. A prequel to the film, Bereavement, was released in 2010.
Malevolence is a Portuguese death metal band, formed in 1994 by vocalist/guitarist Carlos Cariano. The band has released two studio albums. Their second album Martyrialized was recorded at Studio Fredman in Sweden, and mixed by Fredrik Nordström. They are currently working on their third album. Their bassist, Aires Pereira, is also a member of the Portuguese Gothic metal band Moonspell.
Malevolence is the third album by deathcore band I Declare War. It is the last album to feature Jonathan Huber on vocals before his departure.
Malevolence is the third full-length album by the Anaheim, California rock band New Years Day, released on October 2, 2015 through Another Century Records. The album debuted at No. 8 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart, selling 19,000 copies in its first week.
On August 11, 2015, the band announced their first headlining tour in support of the album, "The Other Side Tour" with opening acts Eyes Set to Kill, Get Scared, and New Volume. Before the tour started, New Volume dropped off, while The Relapse Symphony and Darksiderz were added to the bill.
Usage examples of "malevolence".
He saw them standing over him in the dark as he slept, their bristly claws moving, their great beaks clacking, their huge gleaming eyes aglow with malevolence.
He had the wit to see that he was not likely to make a success of the traditional profession of his family, and applied himself to some mercantile persuit, and but for an occasional hint that if it had not been for the malevolence of his enemies he would have been the first athlete in Greece, he passed the rest of his life with an eminently respectable character.
Her gaze flickered to the silent trees, her spirit recoiling from the malevolence of the forest.
Such a pre-eminence could not be enjoyed without exciting the malevolence of envy and detraction, in the propagation of which none were so industrious as the brethren of his own order, who had, like him, made a descent upon this island, and could not, without repining, see the whole harvest in the hands of one man, who, with equal art and discretion, avoided all intercourse with their society.
She screamed out her rage and clawed furiously at the burrs with her mind fingers, clubbed at those shapeless malevolences.
She was right, of course, the Gallas followed them now with an implacable malevolence, pressing closely in an avenging throng that filled the darkness.
In their individual and aggregate air of corruption, malevolence and misanthropy, they made the other inhabitants of the Pinchgut look as genteel and demure as countinghouse clerks.
Damian Chrestil squatted in the entrance to the cavelike space, staring into air turned honey-gold by the worn cover, and felt a detached malevolence steal over him.
A gift to the god from his faithful worshippers, the ecclesiarch explained, the temple commemorated the millennial year of his arrival to liberate the mother planet from the follies of the aging Creators and the demonic malevolence of their last Creation.
As for the accused himself, many remembered him as being so amiable, so handsome, and so liberal, that they chose to think him the victim of some conspiracy, since in this world large fortunes frequently excite the malevolence and jealousy of some unknown enemy.
His dark marble-like eyes burned with malevolence seldom seen outside the ranks of drill instructors or kid-hating spinster ladies with yappy dogs, and he tightened his grip on my leg just to let me know my assessment was not off the mark at all.
Besides all these views, which to some scrupulous persons may seem to savour too much of malevolence, he had one prospect, which few readers will regard with any great abhorrence.
Seen this close, the swarms exuded an unmistakable sense of menace, almost malevolence.
Knobs opened into eyes which watched with toadlike malevolence as the human intruders kept beyond its reach.
Pentagon was a favorite Boogeyman in some circles, almost beloved for its real and imagined evils because believing it was the root of all malevolence made life simpler and easier to understand.