Meanness and Malevolence

Meanness

Meanness noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: nothing more than unprovoked meanness drove him to smash the child's toy

Malevolence is a synonym for meanness in attitude topic. In some cases you can use "Malevolence" instead a noun "Meanness".

Nearby Words: mean, meanly

Malevolence

Malevolence noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: only mindless malevolence would explain this cruel vandalism

Meanness is a synonym for malevolence in attitude topic. You can use "Meanness" instead a noun "Malevolence".

Nearby Words: malevolent, malevolently

How words are described

pure pure meanness pure malevolence
sheer sheer meanness sheer malevolence
actual actual meanness actual malevolence
real real meanness real malevolence
Other adjectives: inherent, occasional, overall.
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