Badness and Malevolence

Badness

Badness noun - The state or quality of being utterly evil.

Malevolence and badness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Malevolence" instead a noun "Badness".

Nearby Word: bad

Malevolence

Malevolence noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

Badness and malevolence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Badness" instead a noun "Malevolence".

Nearby Words: malevolent, malevolently
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Malevolence and Badness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/badness/malevolence
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Malevolence or Badness. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/badness/malevolence.
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