malevolent

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• /məˈlɛvələnt/
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From Middle English *malevolent (suggested by Middle English malevolence), from Old French malivolent and Latin malevolentem, from male (“badly, wrongly”) + volens (“willing, wishing”), from velle (“to wish”).

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kwaadwillig — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Arabic: حَاقِد (ḥāqid) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Arabic: حَقُود (ḥaqūd) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Arabic: حاقد (ḥāgid) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Arabic: حَقُود (ḥagūd) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Armenian: չարամիտ (čʻaramit) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Azerbaijani: pisniyyətli — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Azerbaijani: pis məqsədli — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Azerbaijani: pisfikirli — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Azerbaijani: qərəzli — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Belarusian: нядобразы́члівы (njadobrazýčlivy) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Belarusian: нязы́члівы (njazýčlivy) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Bengali: পরশ্রীকাতর (porosrikator) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Bulgarian: недоброжела́телен (nedobroželátelen) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Bulgarian: зло́бен (zlóben) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Catalan: malèvol — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡毒的 /恶毒的 (èdú de) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Czech: zlovolný — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Czech: zlomyslný — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Czech: zlý — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Dutch: kwaadwillend — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Esperanto: malbonavida — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Esperanto: malbonintenca — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Esperanto: malica — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Estonian: pahatahtlik — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Finnish: pahansuopa — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Finnish: pahantahtoinen — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• French: malintentionné — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• French: malveillant — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• French: malévolent — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• French: maléfique — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• French: mauvais — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Galician: malévolo — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• German: böswillig — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Greek: μοχθηρός (mochthirós) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Greek: κακόβουλος (kakóvoulos) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Hindi: द्वेषी (dveṣī) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Indonesian: berniat jahat — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Irish: anchroíoch — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Italian: malintenzionato — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Japanese: 邪悪な (jaaku na) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Korean: 사악하다 (saakhada) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Macedonian: злонамерен (zlonameren) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Malay: berniat jahat — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Malayalam: കുനിഷ്ഠൻ (kuniṣṭhaṉ) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Māori: kikokiko — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Māori: ngākaukino — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Norman: dêvoulu — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Norwegian Bokmål: ondsinnet — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Old English: yfelwillende — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Persian: بدکامه (badkâme) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Persian: بدخواه (badxâh) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Polish: złowrogi — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Polish: wrogi — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Portuguese: malevolente — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Portuguese: malévolo — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Portuguese: mal-intencionado — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Romanian: rău intenționat — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Russian: недоброжела́тельный (nedobroželátelʹnyj) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Russian: зло́бный (zlóbnyj) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Russian: злонаме́ренный (zlonamérennyj) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Russian: злора́дный (zlorádnyj) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Slovak: zloprajný — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Slovak: zlovoľný — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Spanish: malévolo — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Spanish: malintencionado — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Swedish: illvillig — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Swedish: illasinnad — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Thai: ประสงค์ร้าย (bprà-sǒng-ráai) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Thai: มุ่งร้าย (mûng-ráai) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Turkish: kötü amaçlı — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Turkish: kötü niyetli — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Turkish: kötücül — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Ottoman Turkish: یامان (yaman) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Ukrainian: зловмисний (zlovmysnyj) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Ukrainian: зловтішний (zlovtišnyj) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Ukrainian: недобрози́чливий (nedobrozýčlyvyj) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Ukrainian: нези́чливий (nezýčlyvyj) — having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
• Bulgarian: зловре́ден (zlovréden) — having an evil or harmful influence
• Finnish: vahingollinen — having an evil or harmful influence
• French: malveillant — having an evil or harmful influence
• French: maléfique — having an evil or harmful influence
• Irish: anchroíoch — having an evil or harmful influence
• Japanese: マレフィック (marefikku) — having an evil or harmful influence
• Polish: wrogi — having an evil or harmful influence
• Polish: złowrogi — having an evil or harmful influence
• Portuguese: malévolo — having an evil or harmful influence
• Russian: зловре́дный (zlovrédnyj) — having an evil or harmful influence