Adjective malevolent has 3 senses
  1. malevolent, malicious - wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful"
    Antonyms: benevolent, good, good-hearted, kind, kindly, openhearted
  2. malevolent, malignant - extremely malevolent or malicious; "the malignant tongues of gossipers"
    Antonyms: benign, benignant (indirect, via malign)
  3. malefic, malevolent, malign, evil - having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"
    Antonym: beneficent (indirect, via maleficent)
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