malevolent
Meaning
Adjective
- Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.
- Having an evil or harmful influence.
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Origin
- From Middle English *malevolent (suggested by Middle English malevolence), from Old French malivolent and Latin malevolēns, from male + volens, from velle.
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