Crossword clues for malevolent
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Malevolent \Ma*lev"o*lent\, a. [L. malevolens, -entis; male ill + volens, p. pr. of velle to be willing or disposed, to wish. See Malice, and Voluntary.] Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another's misfortune.
Syn: Ill-disposed; envious; mischievous; evil-minded; spiteful; malicious; malignant; rancorous.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others 2 having an evil or harmful influence
WordNet
adj. wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful" [syn: malicious] [ant: benevolent]
extremely malevolent or malicious; "the malignant tongues of gossipers" [syn: malignant]
having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force" [syn: malefic, malign, evil]
Wikipedia
Malevolent is an upcoming animated film directed by Jason Axinn.
Usage examples of "malevolent".
Malevolent Being in the early ages of the world, and the fall of man is attributed in the Boundehesch to an apostate worship of him, from which men were converted by a succession of prophets terminating with Zoroaster.
Bull of Mithras in Autumn: and in the Stars that correspond with the Autumnal Equinox we find those malevolent genii that ever war against the Principle of good, and that take from the Sun and the Heavens the fruit-producing power that they communicate to the earth.
Chakotay described the eerie nature of his recent vision-quest, including the malevolent beastlike presence that had attacked him within his own mind.
The assertive blatancy of his clothes was just part of the malevolent animal magnetism that had affected Bond from the beginning.
However, looking at the brothers standing together, she could see that their features were somewhat similar, yet the chiseled lips that in Luis curved easily in a smile in Burr became an almost malevolent sneer that engendered a lack of trust.
When threatened by malevolent spirits, such as the swamp devils of Moru, you have but to utter the right incantation, and Gorax will come forth and put those beings to rout.
Across the sand, clear for an instant against the white ground coral of the beach, the figure of the small devil with the half-human posture showed, and a malevolent sputtering snarl sounded.
The instability was a complex superposition of wave shapes clustered along the length of the migrating vortex line, a superposition which spiraled around the line like some malevolent animal clambering toward her.
It was craggier than any of the others, his forehead bonier, his eyes more deeply set and more malevolent over a cruel gash of a mouth.
He could feel the malevolent, brooding presence of Vagaari all over the Dreadnaught, scattered through his mind like vaguely defined bubbles of heat in a cold room.
If a person who prys into the characters of others, with no other design but to discover their faults, and to publish them to the world, deserves the title of a slanderer of the reputations of men, why should not a critic, who reads with the same malevolent view, be as properly stiled the slanderer of the reputation of books?
His silence should have told me all, if I had not been under the influence of some malevolent genii who would not allow me to exercise my common sense: as to the sorrow of my three friends, I put that down to their friendship for me.
Fupus left the garden, but the malevolent glances that he shot at Favonius, Lepus, and Erich boded them no good.
And down the line is that insane malevolent grifter, Billy Watrous jr, in his firegreen Chevy S10 boombuggy lowrider amped to the max with the late rapper J.
When the doctors approached the bed, however, Regan seemed to sense them and quickly turned over, and as the neuropsychiatrist attempted to hold her, she began to shriek in malevolent fury.