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Synonyms for malevolent
adj hatefulAntonyms for malevolent
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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bitchy
adjective. spiteful
catty
adjective. nasty, malicious
cruel
adjective. vicious, pitiless; causing pain
- atrocious
- barbarous
- bestial
- bitter
- bloodthirsty
- brutal
- brutish
- callous
- cold-blooded
- degenerate
- demoniac
- depraved
- evil
- excruciating
- ferocious
- fierce
- flinty
- hard
- hard-hearted
- harsh
- hateful
- heartless
- hellish
- implacable
- inexorable
- inhuman
- inhumane
- malevolent
- merciless
- monstrous
- painful
- pernicious
- poignant
- rancorous
- relentless
- revengeful
- ruthless
- sadistic
- sinful
- spiteful
- tyrannical
- unfeeling
- unkind
- unnatural
- unrelenting
- vengeful
- vicious
- virulent
- wicked
derogatory
adjective. offensive, uncomplimentary
- aspersing
- belittling
- calumnious
- censorious
- contumelious
- critical
- damaging
- decrying
- defamatory
- degrading
- demeaning
- deprecatory
- depreciative
- despiteful
- detracting
- disdainful
- dishonoring
- disparaging
- fault-finding
- humiliating
- injurious
- malevolent
- malicious
- maligning
- minimizing
- opprobrious
- reproachful
- sarcastic
- scornful
- slanderous
- slighting
- spiteful
- unfavorable
- unflattering
- vilifying
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.