malevolence

WOTD – 12 August 2006

English

Etymology

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

Noun

malevolence (uncountable)

1. Hostile attitude or feeling.

   To show someone malevolence.

   He said it with malevolence.

2. Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.

Synonyms

• (attitude or feeling): ill-will, malice, spite

Translations

hostile feeling and attitude

• Dutch: kwaadwil m, moedwil m, booswil m, misgunst m, malevolentie f
• Finnish: pahantahtoisuus
• French: malveillance (fr) f
• German: Böswilligkeit f, Missgunst (de) f
• Greek: εμπάθεια (el) f (empátheia)

  Ancient: κᾰκοθῡμίᾱ f (kakothūmíā)

• Italian: melavolenza f
• Kurdish: bedniyetî f, belakirrî f

• Latin: malevolentia f
• Polish: wrogość (pl) f
• Romanian: rea‑voință f, ostilitate (ro) f, pizmă (ro) f
• Russian: злопыхательство (ru) n (zlopyxátelʹstvo), недоброжелательность (ru) f (nedobroželátelʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: malevolencia f
• Welsh: malais (cy) m