malevolent
The word “malevolent” has 4 syllables: ma-lev-o-lent
It's pronounced as /məˈlɛvələnt/
What is synonym and antonym for malevolent?
In the thesaurus, “malevolent” has 67 synonyms and 38 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for malevolent along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for malevolent
- acrid
- acrimonious
- bad
- bad-natured
- baleful
- baneful
- bitchy
- bitter
- catty
- caustic
- contemptuous
- cruel
- deprecating
- derogatory
- despiteful
- devious
- dirty
- disdainful
- disparaging
- envious
- evil
- evil-minded
- harsh
- hateful
- hellish
- hostile
- inimical
- jaundiced
- jealous
- lousy
- malicious
- malign
- malignant
- mean
- mean-spirited
- murder
- murderous
- nasty
- obnoxious
- opprobrious
- pernicious
- poison
- poisonous
- rancorous
- resentful
- rough
- scathing
- scornful
- scoundrelly
- scurvy
- sinister
- snakelike
- snide
- snotty
- spiteful
- tough
- unkind
- unkindly
- unloving
- vengeful
- venomous
- vicious
- vindictive
- virulent
- vitriolic
- waspish
- wicked
Antonyms for malevolent
- affable
- affectionate
- agreeable
- altruistic
- amiable
- amorous
- benevolent
- benign
- benignant
- compassionate
- cordial
- friendly
- genial
- good
- good-hearted
- gracious
- harmless
- high-minded
- humane
- humanitarian
- kind
- kindhearted
- kindly
- liking
- loving
- magnanimous
- nice
- noble
- philanthropic
- philanthropical
- pleasant
- sweet
- sympathetic
- tender
- tenderhearted
- unmalicious
- warm
- warmhearted
Meanings of malevolent
- adjective
- Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.
- Having an evil or harmful influence.
Example Sentences
- The malevolent forces in the dark forest were said to curse anyone who entered.
- He had a malevolent smile as he revealed his plans to sabotage their project.
- The malevolent character in the story sought to destroy everything in his path.
- She felt a malevolent presence in the room as if someone was watching her.
- The malevolent ruler made cruel decisions that affected the lives of many people.
On this page you'll find 105 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to malevolent, such as: acrid, acrimonious, affable, affectionate, agreeable, altruistic, amiable.
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venomous
- accidentally on purpose
- antagonistic
- baleful
- baneful
- calamitous
- catty
- contagious
- cussed
- deadly
- deleterious
- destructive
- dirty
- envenomed
- evil
- fatal
- fell
- harmful
- hostile
- hurtful
- infectious
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- injurious
- lethal
- malefic
- malevolent
- malicious
- malign
- malignant
- mean
- mephitic
- murderous
- nocuous
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- ornery
- pathogenic
- pestilent
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- poison
- poisoned
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- rancorous
- savage
- spiteful
- toxic
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- unhealthful
- unhealthy
- unwholesome
- vicious
- vindictive
- viperish
- viperous
- virulent
- waspish
deceiving
- Pecksniffian
- ambidextrous
- ambiguous
- apocryphal
- apostate
- apparent
- artful
- artificial
- astucious
- astute
- backbiting
- backhanded
- backstabbing
- bamboozling
- base
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- bent
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- bigoted
- bleeding
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- bum
- burning
- canting
- casuistic
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- catching
- catchy
- cheating
- chimeric
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- chiseling
- chiselling
- circuitous
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- concocted
- confounding
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- contrary to fact
- cooked-up
- corrupt
- counterfactual
- counterfeit
- coveting
- cozening
- crafty
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- cunning
- deceitful
- deception
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- defaming
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- degrading
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- delusive
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- demagogic
- designing
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- diddling
- dishonest
- dishonesty
- dishonorable
- dishonoring
- disingenuous
- disloyal
- disreputable
- dissembling
- distorted
- distracting
- doing a number on
- double-crossing
- double-dealing
- duping
- duplicitous
- elusive
- equivocal
- erroneous
- ersatz
- euchring
- evasive
- faithless
- fake
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- falsehearted
- fanciful
- fantastic
- fast
- faulty
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- fooling
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- forsworn
- foul
- foxy
- fraudulent
- furtive
- gaffing
- gammoning
- goody-goody
- groveling
- grudging
- guileful
- gulling
- having
- having on
- hoaxing
- holier-than-thou
- hoodwinking
- hornswoggling
- humbugging
- hustling
- hypocritical
- illogical
- illusive
- illusory
- imaginary
- impish
- impostrous
- imposturous
- improper
- inaccurate
- incorrect
- indirect
- inexact
- insidious
- insincere
- invalid
- irrational
- jive
- juggling
- kidding
- knavish
- leading one down the garden path
- leading one up the garden path
- left-handed
- lying
- mad
- malevolent
- malicious
- mean
- mendacious
- misguiding
- misinforming
- misleading
- misrepresentative
- mistaken
- mock
- mulcting
- mythomaniac
- naughty
- oblique
- off
- off the mark
- ostensible
- perfidious
- perjured
- perplexing
- pharisaical
- phoney
- phony
- pietistic
- pious
- plausible
- playful
- preachy
- puckish
- putting on
- puzzling
- quarreling
- quixotic
- rascal
- rascally
- reasonless
- recreant
- renegade
- roguish
- rooking
- scheming
- scolding
- scoundrelly
- seeming
- self-satisfied
- serpentine
- shady
- sham
- shaming
- shifty
- shortchanging
- sinister
- skinning
- slick
- slippery
- sly
- smug
- sneaking
- sneaky
- snide
- snookering
- snowing
- sophistic
- sophistical
- specious
- spoofing
- spurious
- squeezing
- stealthy
- sticking
- stinging
- stringing along
- stuffy
- subtile
- subtle
- suckering
- sucking in
- swindling
- taking in
- teasing
- traitorous
- treacherous
- treasonable
- trick
- tricking
- trickish
- tricky
- trumped-up
- two-faced
- two-timing
- unctuous
- underhand
- underhanded
- unfair
- unfaithful
- unfounded
- ungrounded
- unprincipled
- unreal
- unreasonable
- unreasoned
- unreliable
- unscrupulous
- unsound
- untrue
- untrustworthy
- untruthful
- venal
- villainous
- visionary
- way-off
- wicked
- wily
- wrong
falsely
- affectedly
- archly
- artfully
- artificially
- basely
- calculatingly
- cannily
- craftily
- crookedly
- cunningly
- deceitfully
- deceptively
- deviously
- dishonestly
- dishonorably
- disloyally
- faithlessly
- falseheartedly
- flatteringly
- furtively
- hypocritically
- insidiously
- insincerely
- malevolently
- maliciously
- perfidiously
- pretentiously
- roguishly
- sharply
- shiftily
- slickly
- slily
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- sycophantically
- traitorously
- treacherously
- unctuously
- underhand
- underhanded
- underhandedly
- unfaithfully
- unnaturally
- unscrupulously
unaffectionate
- abusive
- acrimonious
- aloof
- bigoted
- blinkered
- brutal
- callous
- cold-blooded
- coldhearted
- cool
- disagreeable
- grim
- hard
- hard-bitten
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- harsh
- hateful
- heartless
- hostile
- ill-natured
- ill-tempered
- inconsiderate
- indifferent
- inhuman
- inhumane
- insensate
- insensitive
- malevolent
- malicious
- mean
- merciless
- narrow-minded
- obdurate
- oppressive
- pitiless
- rancorous
- rough
- ruthless
- severe
- small-minded
- spiteful
- stern
- surly
- thoughtless
- tough
- uncaring
- unfeeling
- unfriendly
- ungentle
- uninterested
- unkind
- unloving
- unrelenting
- unsympathetic
- unthinking
- virulent
kindlessly
- acrimoniously
- antagonistically
- balefully
- bitchily
- bitterly
- caddishly
- callously
- cattily
- caustically
- contemptuously
- cruelly
- deprecatingly
- despitefully
- diabolically
- disagreeably
- disdainfully
- enviously
- envyingly
- evil-mindedly
- felly
- fiendishly
- hard-heartedly
- hatefully
- heartlessly
- hostilely
- ill
- ill-naturedly
- inconsiderately
- inhumanely
- insensitively
- invidiously
- jealously
- malevolently
- maliciously
- malignantly
- meanly
- mercilessly
- misanthropically
- nastily
- obnoxiously
- pitilessly
- rancorously
- resentfully
- ruthlessly
- scornfully
- soullessly
- spitefully
- thoughtlessly
- unfeelingly
- ungraciously
- unkindly
- venomously
- viciously
- villainously
- vindictively
- virulently
- vituperatively
- wickedly