having or showing a desire to harm other people有恶意的；有坏心肠的 synonym malicious, wicked- malevolent intentions/thoughts恶意/意图
- his dark malevolent eyes他黑暗的恶毒眼睛
opposite benevolentExtra Examples- She shot a malevolent look at her companion.她朝她的同伴开枪。
- It seemed that a malevolent spirit was out to get me.似乎是一种恶毒的精神吸引了我。
- Her eyes looked up at him with a malevolent gaze.她的眼睛凝视着他。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMalevolent is used with these nouns: See full entry Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin malevolent- ‘wishing evil’, from male ‘ill’ + volent- ‘wishing’ (from the verb velle).