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Meanings of malevolent in English

Having or exerting a malignant influence.

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Usage of malevolent in English
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A malevolent gleam lit in the cold black eyes of the bully.
Steve Yeager
2
Perhaps its intentions, if still unstated and relentlessly undefined, are ultimately malevolent.
Outposts: journeys to the surviving relics of the british empire
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James had no chance against the sheer malevolent power of Salazar Slytherin.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
4
Jenny Prask was the malevolent force of which he was in search.
The Summons
5
He took malice in the moral sense, as importing a malevolent motive.
The Path of the Law
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Then he leered at the Major and let out a malevolent chuckle.
Ghost in the Shell
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Not that the controlling powers in all these instances are necessarily malevolent.
A Librarian's Open Shelf: Essays on Various Subjects
8
But the contest between the opposing parties proved exceedingly bitter and malevolent.
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
9
The more malevolent our neutrality the better, but it must be neutrality.
Combed Out
10
Addison had from the first seen that Pope was false and malevolent.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
11
Sarcasms rained down upon the gypsy, and haughty condescension and malevolent looks.
Notre-Dame de Paris
12
The NZ southerly has a malevolent history and should not be trusted.
Radio NZ
13
A malevolent stare from the woman on the throne rested on Ben.
Daughters of Doom
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The brute did not seem to treat her with any malevolent violence.
The Castaways
15
He is not malevolent, no; he is not open, that is all.
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
16
The audience, excited to the highest pitch, caught breath with malevolent delight.
Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1
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