MALEVOLENCE, MALEVOLENT, MALEVOLENTLY
ADJECTIVES
► BAD MIND malevolent, malicious → 2000 UK sl.
► DESPITEOUS spiteful, malevolent, malicious, cruel; angry to excess; pitless, merciless → 1510
► DESPITOUS cruel; exhibiting ill-will or bitter enmity, malevolent; very angry → c1374 obs.
► ILL-DEMISED malevolent → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ILL-THOUGHTED suspicious. malevolent → 1895 Sc.
► ILL-WILLY cherishing ill will; malevolent, malignant, ill-disposed → a1500 chiefly Sc.
► MALEVOLOUS malevolent; desirous of evil to others; disposed to ill will → 1536 obs.
► MALTALENTIVE malevolent → c1450 obs.
ADVERBS
► SINISTERLY with evil intent or purpose; maliciously, malevolently → 1549 obs.
NOUNS
► ILL-HEARTEDNESS malevolence → 1897 Sc.
► LETH hatred, ill-will, malevolence → 971 obs.
► MALTALENT ill-will, malevolence → c1320 obs.
► SKANK filth, dirtiness, malevolence → 1980s US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BASILISK a person displaying ill will or malevolence → 1475
► HELL-HAG a vile or malevolent woman; a malicious, evil-minded old woman; a woman or man of hellish disposition; a lewd person of either sex → 1655
► LIMMER a malevolent or mischievous woman → 1752 Sc.
► MALEVOLO a malevolent or malicious person → 1648 obs.
► QUINE a bold, impudent, shameless, or malevolent woman; a hussy, a slut → 1720 Sc.
► STRY a woman regarded as old, malevolent, unattractive, etc. → 1300 obs.