All 3 Uses of
malevolent
in
Sula
- A ball of muddy strings, but without weight, fluffy but terrible in its malevolence.†
Chpt 1937
- Other mothers who had defended their children from Sula's malevolence...
Chpt 1941 *malevolence = the desire to do evil or to hurt others
- The teeth unrepaired, the coal credit cut off, the chest pains unattended, the school shoes unbought, the rush-stuffed mattresses, the broken toilets, the leaning porches, the slurred remarks and the staggering childish malevolence of their employers.†
Chpt 1941
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