malevolence

Etymology

From Middle French malevolence, from Latin malevolentia (“malevolence”), derived from malevolēns (“malevolent”).

noun

  1. Hostile attitude or feeling.
    to show someone malevolence
    He said it with malevolence.
    Esai Morales appears as the enforcer for “the entity‘’ and brings such simmering malevolence to the character that he should have been the villain instead. July 5 2023, Murtada Elfadl, “Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One review: Tom Cruise runs, jumps, and delivers again”, in AV Club
  2. Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.

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