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1 Malevolent -- rank: 1000

Malevolent definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MALEV'OLENT, a. Having an ... to others; ill disposed, or disposed to injure others. A malevolent heart rejoices in the misfortunes of others. 1. Unfavorable; unpropitious ... others; arising from intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful" 2: having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force" [syn: malefic, malevolent, malign, evil] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Latin malevolent-, ...

2 malevolent program -- rank: 878

malevolent program definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ...

3 Malign -- rank: 629

... ant: benign, benignant] 2: having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force" [syn: malefic, malevolent, malign, evil] v 1: speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her ... virulent 2. having or showing intense often vicious ill will ; malevolent Synonyms: see sinister • malignly adverb II. transitive verb Etymology: Middle ... of a thing) injurious. 2 (of a disease) malignant. 3 malevolent. --v.tr. speak ill of; slander. Derivatives: maligner n. malignity ... 1. Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign. Witchcraft may be by operation ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. a. 1. Malicious, malevolent, malignant, ill-disposed. 2. Injurious, pernicious, unfavorable, baneful, very ...

4 Hateful -- rank: 544

... God and of good men. 1. That feels hatred; malignant; malevolent. And, worse than death, to view with hateful eyes His ... Hateful Hate"ful, a. 1. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent. [Archaic or R.] And worse than death, to view with ... day! --Shak. Syn: Odious; detestable; abominable; execrable; loathsome; abhorrent; repugnant; malevolent. -- Hate"ful*ly, adv. -- Hate"ful*ness, n. Collin's ... ADJ Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Malignant, malevolent, malign. 2. Abominable, detestable, execrable, odious, abhorrent, horrid, shocking, damnable ... hostile, ignoble, infamous, iniquitous, invidious, lamentable, loathsome, lousy, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, malodorous, mean, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, monstrous, nasty ...

5 Malevolence -- rank: 544

... Date: 15th century 1. the quality or state of being malevolent 2. malevolent behavior Synonyms: see malice Webster's 1913 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. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see malevolent Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Malice, maliciousness, spite ...

6 Malevolently -- rank: 486

... injure. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: in a malevolent manner; "she gossips malevolently" [ant: benevolently] Merriam Webster's adverb see malevolent Webster's 1913 Dictionary Malevolently Ma*lev"o*lent*ly, adv. In a malevolent manner. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see malevolent Moby Thesaurus balefully, banefully, corrodingly, corrosively, counterproductively, damagingly, deleteriously, detrimentally ...

7 Malicious -- rank: 486

... MALI'CIOUS, a. Harboring ill will or enmity without provocation; malevolent in the extreme; malignant in heart. I grant him bloody ... probable cause. --Bouvier. Syn: Ill-disposed; evil-minded; mischievous; envious; malevolent; invidious; spiteful; bitter; malignant; rancorous; malign. -- Ma*li"cious*ly ... also ADV adj Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Malevolent, malignant, spiteful, ill-disposed, ill-natured, evil-minded, mischievous, resentful ... green-eyed, harmful, hateful, hostile, iniquitous, invidious, jealous, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, noxious, ornery, pernicious, petty, poison-pen ...

8 Ill -- rank: 419

... resulting from, accompanied by, or indicative of an evil or malevolent intention < ill deeds > c. attributing evil or an objectionable quality ... often foll. by towards) unfavourably disposed. 2 disposed to evil; malevolent. ill-equipped (often foll. by to + infin.) not adequately equipped ... inhospitable, inhospitably, inimical, injurious, injury, invalid, laid low, lowering, malady, malevolent, menacing, mischief, mortally ill, not quite right, of evil portent ...

9 Malignant -- rank: 419

... in nature, influence, or effect ; injurious c. passionately and relentlessly malevolent ; aggressively malicious 2. tending to produce death or deterioration < malignant ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Malign, malicious, malevolent, bitter, rancorous, spiteful, resentful, envious, virulently inimical. 2. Unpropitious, unfavorable ... kill-crazy, killing, laryngitic, leprous, lethal, luetic, malarial, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, mean, measly, mephitic, merciless, miasmal, miasmatic, miasmic, mischievous ...

10 Spiteful -- rank: 419

... adverb • spitefulness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. motivated by spite; malevolent. Derivatives: spitefully adv. spitefulness n. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Spiteful ... v Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Malicious, malignant, malevolent, malign, ill-disposed, evil-minded, ill-natured, hateful, rancorous. Moby ... full of hate, hateful, hostile, huffish, huffy, invidious, irascible, irritable, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, ornery, perverse, punitive, quarrelsome, rancorous, repugnant ...

11 Evil -- rank: 419

... syn: evil, vicious] 3: having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force" [syn: malefic, malevolent, malign, evil] n 1: morally objectionable behavior [syn: evil, immorality ... knavish, lapse, lethal, loathsome, low, lowering, malefaction, malefic, maleficence, maleficent, malevolent, malfeasance, malign, malignant, malum, matter, menacing, mephitic, minor wrong, mischief ...

12 Ill-natured -- rank: 419

... ant: good-natured] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1605 1. malevolent, spiteful 2. having a bad disposition ; cross, surly • ill-naturedly ... ness, n. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Malevolent, unkind, disobliging, unfriendly, unamiable, hateful. 2. Morose, sullen, sulky, cross ... ill-conditioned, ill-disposed, ill-humored, ill-intentioned, ill-tempered, malevolent, morose, petulant, sour, sulky

13 Rancorous -- rank: 419

... Webster's adjective Date: circa 1570 marked by rancor ; deeply malevolent < rancorous envy > • rancorously adverb Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rancorous Ran ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Malignant, malign, vindictive, malevolent, malicious, bitter, spiteful, virulent. Moby Thesaurus acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid ... envenomed, evil, full of hate, grudgeful, hateful, hostile, implacable, irreconcilable, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, punitive, punitory, quarrelsome, rankled, repugnant, resentful, resenting ...

14 Fairy -- rank: 331

... nothing. The Germans believe in two species; one fierce and malevolent; the other gentle. [See Cobalt.] Fairy ring or circle, a ... etc. German folklore tells of two species; one fierce and malevolent, the other gentle, See Kobold. No goblin or swart fairy ...

15 Devilish -- rank: 331

... demon, demonic, demoniac, fiendish, hellish. 2. Atrocious, malignant, malign, malicious, malevolent, wicked, cruel, barbarous; and all under 1, taken figuratively. 1811 ... high-spirited, impish, infernal, inhuman, inhumane, iniquitous, knavish, madcap, maleficent, malevolent, malign, malignant, mischief-loving, mischievous, murderous, naughty, nefarious, ogreish, pandemoniac ...