having or showing a desire to harm other people synonym malicious, wicked有惡意的;有壞心腸的 malevolent intentions/thoughts 惡意的意圖/想法 his dark malevolent eyes 他邪惡的黑眼睛
Extra ExamplesShe shot a malevolent look at her companion. 她惡狠狠地看了一眼她的同伴。 It seemed that a malevolent spirit was out to get me. 似乎有一個邪惡的靈魂要來抓我。 Her eyes looked up at him with a malevolent gaze. 她的眼睛帶着惡意的目光擡頭看着他。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMalevolent is used with these nouns:- force
- glare
- spirit
- …
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin malevolent- ‘wishing evil’, from male ‘ill’ + volent- ‘wishing’ (from the verb velle).