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BENEVOLENCE Antonyms

There are 18 antonyms of the word benevolence. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For BENEVOLENCE

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malevolence
nounn
noun

• wishing evil to others

• the quality of threatening evil

animosity
nounn
noun

• a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

brutality
nounn
noun

• the trait of extreme cruelty

• a brutal barbarous savage act

callousness
nounn
noun

• devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

cruelty
nounn
noun

• a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering

• feelings of extreme heartlessness

• the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

enmity
nounn
noun

• a state of deep-seated ill-will

• the feeling of a hostile person

harshness
nounn
noun

• the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions

• the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses

• the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

• excessive sternness

hatred
nounn
noun

• the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

hostility
nounn
noun

• a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition

• a state of deep-seated ill-will

• the feeling of a hostile person

• violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked

inhumanity
nounn
noun

• the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others

• an act of atrocious cruelty

malice
nounn
noun

• feeling a need to see others suffer

• the quality of threatening evil

meanness
nounn
noun

• the quality of being deliberately mean

• extreme stinginess

ruthlessness
nounn
noun

• mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity

• feelings of extreme heartlessness

spite
verb, nounv, n
noun

• feeling a need to see others suffer

• malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

verb

• hurt the feelings of

unkindness
nounn
noun

• lack of sympathy

venom
verb, nounv, n
noun

• toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions)

• feeling a need to see others suffer

ungenerosity
nounn
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ill will
nounn
noun

• the feeling of a hostile person

• a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition

Alternatives for MALEVOLENCE

Alternatives for ANIMOSITY

Alternatives for BRUTALITY

Alternatives for CALLOUSNESS

Alternatives for CRUELTY

Alternatives for ENMITY

Alternatives for HARSHNESS

Alternatives for HATRED

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