The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EVIL which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2018.
Malevolence crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EVIL | 37 % | 4 |
| SPITE | 32 % | 5 |
| VENOM | 11 % | 5 |
| HATE | 11 % | 4 |
| MALICE | 5 % | 6 |
| ILLWILL | 5 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Malevolence
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- malevolency
- malignity
- malice
- malicious
- malevolent
- maliciousness
- murderousness
- viciousness
- vengefulness
- malignance
- evilness
- spitefulness
Crossword Answer definitions
EVIL noun- Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
- Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
- A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).
- Intending to harm; malevolent.
- Morally corrupt.
- Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
- Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
- Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
- Undesirable; harmful; bad practice
- Wickedly, evilly, iniquitously
- Injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.
- Badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EVIL
- Agatha Christie's "___ Under the Sun"
- Beyond bad
- Dark forces
- Doctor opposing Austin Powers
- Like Lucifer
- Like some spirits
- Mean business
- Satanic
- Sinister
- Wicked
More clues leading to the result SPITE
- Malice
- Venom
- Malicious feeling
- Malevolence
- Meanness
- Malicious feelings
- Vengeful feeling
- Acrimony
- Rancor
- Ill will
More clues leading to the result VENOM
- Moccasin secretion
- Poison
- Beef
- Cobra's weapon
- Weapon for 1 Across
- Vitriol
- Fang delivery
- The bite stuff?
- Rancor
- Spitefulness
More clues leading to the result HATE
- Detest
- Dislike a lot
- Love-__ relationship
- Abhor
- Can't stand
- Despise
- More than dislike
- Loathe
- Object of detestation
- Regrettable, if not tragic, political motivation
More clues leading to the result MALICE
- "Absence of __" (1981 flick)
- Evil feeling
- 1993 thriller set in suburban Boston
- Ill will
- Spite
- Animosity
- Cussedness
- Evil intent
- Bad intentions
- Spitefulness