Wishing evil to others.
synonym: malevolence.
Roget 173:
violence,
inclemency,
vehemence,
might,
impetuosity;
boisterousness
etc.
adj.;
effervescence,
ebullition;
turbulence,
bluster;
uproar,
callithump [U.S.],
riot,
row,
rumpus,
le diable a quatre [Fr.],
devil to pay,
all the fat in the fire.
severity
etc.
739;
ferocity,
rage,
fury;
exacerbation,
exasperation,
malignity;
fit,
paroxysm;
orgasm,
climax,
aphrodisia†;
force,
brute force;
outrage;
coup de main;
strain,
shock,
shog†;
spasm,
convulsion,
throe;
hysterics,
passion
etc.
(state of excitability)
825.
outbreak,
outburst;
debacle;
burst,
bounce,
dissilience†,
discharge,
volley,
explosion,
blow up,
blast,
detonation,
rush,
eruption,
displosion†,
torrent.
turmoil
etc.
(disorder)
59;
ferment
etc.
(agitation)
315;
storm,
tempest,
rough weather;
squall
etc.
(wind)
349;
earthquake,
volcano,
thunderstorm.
berserk,
berserker;
fury,
dragon,
demon,
tiger,
beldame,
Tisiphone†,
Megaera,
Alecto†,
madcap,
wild beast;
fire eater
etc.
(blusterer)
887.
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Roget 649:
hurtfulness
etc.
adj.;
virulence.
evil doer
etc.
913;
bane
etc.
663;
plague spot
etc.
(insalubrity)
657;
evil star,
ill wind;
hoodoo;
Jonah;
snake in the grass,
skeleton in the closet;
amari aliquid [Lat.],
thorn in the side.
malignity;
malevolence
etc.
907;
tender mercies [Iron.].
ill-treatment,
annoyance,
molestation,
abuse,
oppression,
persecution,
outrage;
misusage
etc.
679;
injury
etc.
(damage)
659;
knockout drops [U.S.].
badness
etc.
adj.;
peccancy†,
abomination;
painfulness
etc.
830;
pestilence
etc.
(disease)
655;
guilt
etc.
947;
depravity
etc.
945.
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Roget 830:
painfulness
etc.
adj.;
trouble,
care
etc.
(pain)
828;
trial;
affliction,
infliction;
blow,
stroke,
burden,
load,
curse;
bitter pill,
bitter draught;
waters of bitterness.
annoyance,
grievance,
nuisance,
vexation,
mortification,
sickener†;
bore,
bother,
pother,
hot water,
sea of troubles"
[Hamlet],
hornet's nest,
plague,
pest.
cancer,
ulcer,
sting,
thorn;
canker
etc.
(bane)
663;
scorpion
etc.
(evil doer)
913;
dagger
etc.
(arms)
727;
scourge
etc.
(instrument of punishment)
975;
carking care,
canker worm of care.
mishap,
misfortune
etc.
(adversity)
735;
desagrement [Fr.],
esclandre [Fr.],
rub.
source of irritation,
source of annoyance;
wound,
open sore;
sore subject,
skeleton in the closet;
thorn in the flesh,
thorn in one's side;
where the shoe pinches,
gall and wormwood.
sorry sight,
heavy news,
provocation;
affront
etc.
929;
head and front of one's offending"
[Othello].
infestation,
molestation;
malignity
etc.
(malevolence)
907.
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Roget 907:
malevolence;
bad intent,
bad intention;
unkindness,
diskindness†;
ill nature,
ill will,
ill blood;
bad blood;
enmity
etc.
889;
hate
etc.
898;
malignity;
malice,
malice prepense†;
maliciousness
etc.
adj.;
spite,
despite;
resentment
etc.
900.
uncharitableness
etc.
adj.;
incompassionateness
etc.
914.1†;
gall,
venom,
rancor,
rankling,
virulence,
mordacity†,
acerbity
churlishness
etc.
(discourtesy)
895.
hardness of heart,
heart of stone,
obduracy;
cruelty;
cruelness
etc.
adj.;
brutality,
savagery;
ferity†,
ferocity;
barbarity,
inhumanity,
immanity†,
truculence,
ruffianism;
evil eye,
cloven foot;
torture,
vivisection.
ill turn,
bad turn;
affront
etc.
(disrespect)
929;
outrage,
atrocity;
ill usage;
intolerance,
persecution;
tender mercies [Iron.];
unkindest cut of all"
[Julius Caesar].
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