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Malevolent

adjective

Wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred. "Failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful"

Having or exerting a malignant influence. Synonyms: evil, malefic, malign. "A malefic force"

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... blush, the quiver of her lips, and the timid look of her eyes, and gravely answered: "I share your horror of an experience like that. But it does not endear your malevolent grandfather to me. He must be a ...

— The Tyranny of the Dark • Hamlin Garland

... but I was not. I was merely sent stumbling and drooping back to the sidelines to recover while he tortured some one else. But the names he called me! The comments on my none too smoothly articulated bones—and my alleged mind! As in my schooldays when, a laggard in the fierce and seemingly malevolent atmosphere in which I was taught my ABC's, I crept shamefacedly and beaten ...

— Twelve Men • Theodore Dreiser

... abstractedly by themselves, or that they may not be used innocently, or that they may not be made the occasion of innocent mirth. The evil is candidly stated to arise from their abuse. The nature of this evil is unfolded. Thus the malevolent passions, such as anger, envy, hatred, revenge, and even avarice, are stirred up, where they should be particularly prevented, in the youthful breast. A spirit of gaming, which may be destructive of fortune, health, and morals, is engendered. A waste of time[56] is occasioned, ...

— A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume III (of 3) • Thomas Clarkson

... be angry with Marsh or to argue with him. In everything that was done, he saw the malevolent intent ...

— Changing Winds - A Novel • St. John G. Ervine

... without warning, as suddenly as though some malevolent demon had picked them out for destruction, from the low-lying bank of clouds that was advancing, a long black swaying clutch thrust at them from the clouds. For a second or two the funnel swayed as though there were eyes in its tip and then snatched at the earth with ...

— The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men • Francis William Rolt-Wheeler

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