Destructive
Destructive adjective - Causing or tending to cause destruction.
Malevolent and destructive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Malevolent" instead an adjective "Destructive".
Malevolent
Malevolent adjective - Having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it.
Destructive and malevolent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destructive" instead an adjective "Malevolent".
Nearby Words: malevolence, malevolently
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- baleful and destructive
- baleful and malevolent
- nasty and destructive
- nasty and malevolent
- evil and destructive
- evil and malevolent
- bad and destructive
- bad and malevolent
- vicious and destructive
- vicious and malevolent
- wicked and destructive
- wicked and malevolent
- hostile and destructive
- hostile and malevolent
Both words in one sentence
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Bonus points for being the most classically Lovecraftian being in all of both Worlds of Darkness: It isn't malevolent, it isn't cruel, it isn't even mindlessly destructive.
- Kid with the Leash is when the powerful entity is actively malevolent or at least highly destructive when left to its own devices.
Source: Trope Distinctions / J to R - They don't last very long around his friends and cousin, as he gets especially destructive and even malevolent if he's not brought back to normal quickly.
Source: Fan Fic / Burning Black
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