All malevolent synonyms
ma·lev·o·lent
M m adj malevolent
- hateful — arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.
- vengeful — desiring or seeking vengeance; vindictive: a vengeful attitude.
- malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- murderous — of the nature of or involving murder: a murderous deed.
- sinister — threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous: a sinister remark.
- vicious — addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life.
- malignant — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
- wicked — evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
- baleful — Baleful means harmful, or expressing harmful intentions.
- catty — If someone, especially a woman or girl, is being catty, they are being unpleasant and unkind.
- dirty — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- hellish — of, like, or suitable to hell; infernal; vile; horrible: It was a hellish war.
- hostile — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- lousy — infested with lice.
- malign — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- murder — Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- poison — a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- spiteful — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
- tough — strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
- vindictive — disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful: a vindictive person.
- waspish — Waspy.
- despiteful — spiteful; malicious
- rancorous — full of or showing rancor.
adjective malevolent
noun malevolent
- perpetrator — a person who perpetrates, or commits, an illegal, criminal, or evil act: The perpetrators of this heinous crime must be found and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
- scofflaw — a person who flouts the law, especially one who fails to pay fines owed.
- public enemy number one — (not in official use) a criminal at the top of the FBI's list of the ten most wanted criminals.