maleficent

English

Etymology

Latin *maleficēns, from male (“bad”) + -ficēns, combining form from faciēns, present participle of faciō (“to make or do”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈlɛf.ɪ.sənt/

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Adjective

maleficent (comparative more maleficent, superlative most maleficent)

1. Harmful or evil in intent or effect.

   Synonyms: maleficient, evil, malevolent, malicious; see also Thesaurus:evil

   Antonyms: beneficent, beneficial

   maleficent influence

   maleficent spirit

   maleficent power

   In the tale, a maleficent witch cursed the newborn princess.

   The critic described the character’s smile as darkly maleficent.

Derived terms

• nonmaleficent

Related terms

• malefactive
• malefactor
• maleficence

Translations

harmful or evil in intent or effect

Bulgarian: вре́ден (bg) m (vréden) Catalan: malfactor (ca) Dutch: kwaadaardig (nl), boosaardig (nl), verderfelijk (nl), schadelijk (nl) Esperanto: malbonfarema Estonian: kuritahtlik, kuritegelik, õelutsev Finnish: vahingollinen (fi) French: maléfique (fr) Italian: malefico (it), maligno (it) Persian: زیانبار (ziyânbâr), زیانبخش (fa) (ziyânbaxš) Polish: zbrodniczy (pl), szkodliwy (pl) Portuguese: maléfico (pt) Russian: вре́дный (ru) (vrédnyj), вредоно́сный (ru) (vredonósnyj) Spanish: maléfico Swedish: ondsint (sv), elakartad (sv), ondskefull (sv), illasinnad (sv) Ukrainian: згубний (zhubnyj), злочинний (zločynnyj), пагубний (pahubnyj), шкідливий (škidlyvyj)

Anagrams

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