All 3 Uses of
malevolent
in
David Copperfield
- Raising his great hands until they touched his chin, he rubbed them softly, and softly chuckled; looking as like a malevolent baboon, I thought, as anything human could look.†
Chpt 37-39 *
- They went away by one of the London night coaches, and I know no more about him; except that his malevolence to me at parting was audacious.†
Chpt 52-54
- 'I would umbly ask, sir,' returned Uriah, with a jerk of his malevolent head, 'for leave to write again to mother.'†
Chpt 61-62
Definition:
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(malevolent) evil
- of a person -- wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
- of a thing -- exerting an evil or harmful influence