Both Uses
malevolent
in
Into the Wild
(Edited)
- Fittingly, the summit was a surreal, malevolent place, an improbably slender wedge of rock and rime no wider than a file cabinet.
p. 153.9malevolent = dangerous
- There is something disquieting about this Gothic, overgrown landscape. It feels more malevolent than other, more remote corners of the state I know,
p. 176.7 *malevolent = dangerous or evil
Definitions:
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(1)
(malevolent) evil
- of a person -- wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
- of a thing -- exerting an evil or harmful influence
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)