Malevolence — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

wishing evil to others

the quality of threatening evil

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/məlˈɛvələns/

🇬🇧British English

/məlˈɛvələns/

🇮🇳Indian English

/məlˈɛvələns/

4 syllables Say it as /məlˈɛvələns/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

malevolency malice malignity

Antonyms

benevolence

Word Forms

malevolent

adjective

wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Böswilligkeit

anderen Böses wünschen

🇫🇷French

malveillance

souhaiter du mal aux autres

🇪🇸Spanish

malevolencia

desear el mal a los demás

🇮🇹Italian

malevolenza

augurare il male agli altri

🇳🇱Dutch

kwaadwilligheid

kwaad toewensen aan anderen

🇵🇹Portuguese

malevolência

desejando o mal aos outros

🇷🇺Russian

недоброжелательность

желать зла другим

India

🇮🇳Hindi

द्वेष

दूसरों का बुरा चाहना

🇧🇩Bengali

নৃশংসতা

অন্যের মন্দ কামনা করা

🇮🇳Tamil

தீமை

மற்றவர்களுக்கு தீமையை விரும்புவது

🇮🇳Telugu

దుర్మార్గం

ఇతరులకు చెడు కోరుకోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

द्वेष

इतरांच्या वाईटाची इच्छा करणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

દુષ્ટતા

અન્ય લોકો માટે અનિષ્ટની ઇચ્છા કરવી

🇮🇳Kannada

ದುರುದ್ದೇಶ

ಇತರರಿಗೆ ಕೆಟ್ಟದ್ದನ್ನು ಬಯಸುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദ്രോഹം

മറ്റുള്ളവർക്ക് തിന്മ ആശംസിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੁਰਾਈ

ਦੂਜਿਆਂ ਲਈ ਬੁਰਾਈ ਦੀ ਕਾਮਨਾ ਕਰਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

بدتمیزی

دوسروں کی برائی کی خواہش کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

恶意

祝愿别人遭祸

🇯🇵Japanese

悪意

他人に悪いことを願う

🇰🇷Korean

악의

남에게 악을 바라는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ác ý

cầu điều ác cho người khác

🇹🇭Thai

ความมุ่งร้าย

หวังร้ายต่อผู้อื่น

🇮🇩Indonesian

kedengkian

berharap jahat kepada orang lain

🇵🇭Filipino

kapahamakan

nagnanais ng masama sa iba

🇲🇾Malay

kejahatan

mendoakan kejahatan kepada orang lain

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الحقد

تمنى الشر للآخرين

🇮🇷Persian

بدخواهی

آرزوی بدی برای دیگران

🇹🇷Turkish

kötü niyet

başkalarına kötülük dilemek

🇮🇱Hebrew

רוֹעַ לֵב

מאחל רע לאחרים

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