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malevolency

DEFINITIONS OF: malevolency

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n the quality of threatening evil

Synonyms:
malevolence, malice
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bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
cruelness, cruelty, harshness
the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
beastliness, meanness
the quality of being deliberately mean
brutality, ferociousness, savagery, viciousness
the trait of extreme cruelty
murderousness
cruelty evidence by a capability to commit murder
Type of:
evil, evilness
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
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