10 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
adjective wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred
adjective having or exerting a malignant influence
originFrom Middle English *malevolent (suggested by Middle English malevolence), from Old French malivolent and Latin malevolentem, from male (“badly, wrongly”) + volens (“willing, wishing”), from velle (“to wish”).
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