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malevolence

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malevolence
noun
there was a sinister atmosphere, a feeling of oppressive malevolence:
malice, spite, spitefulness, hostility, hatred, hate, ill will, bitterness, enmity, ill feeling, balefulness, venom, rancor, maliciousness, malignance, malignity, ill nature, vindictiveness, viciousness, revengefulness, vengefulness, cruelty, nastiness, unfriendliness;
literary maleficence.
antonyms benevolence.