Antonyms for malefic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : muh-lef-ik

Phonetic Transcription : məˈlɛf ɪk

Definition of malefic

Origin : 1650s, from Latin maleficus "wicked, vicious, criminal," from male "ill" (see mal-) + -ficus, from stem of facere "to make, do" (see factitious).

As in malign : adj hurtful, injurious
As in ominous : adj menacing, foreboding
As in baneful : adj ruinous, injurious
As in sinister : adj nasty, menacing
As in venomous : adj poisonous; hateful
As in fatal : adj deadly, lethal
As in harmful : adj injurious, hurtful

Example sentences :

A sort of malefic magnetism exuded from every pore of his skin.
Extract from : « Bunch Grass » by Horace Annesley Vachell

What malefic jest of Fate led her to select the story of Georgie-Porgie?
Extract from : « Wandering Heath » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

We consider ourselves as soldiers waging battle against the blind, malefic forces of nature.
Extract from : « The Pros and Cons of Vivisection » by Charles Richet

The malefic Powers of savages have generally been absorbed by higher beings or have otherwise disappeared.
Extract from : « Introduction to the History of Religions » by Crawford Howell Toy

Saturn and Mars are causers of evil or malefic; the first from his excess of cold, and the other from his excess of heat.
Extract from : « The Influence of the Stars » by Rosa Baughan

But if the malefic influence is too powerful for them to avert, then they cause death in the various manners above described.
Extract from : « The Influence of the Stars » by Rosa Baughan

We know few places where all the virtues, unchoked by the malefic weeds of vice, grow more luxuriantly.
Extract from : « Dona Perfecta » by B. Perez Galdos

And who, he asked, can allege one immoral deed, one malefic practice against the noble wife of the conqueror of Britain?
Extract from : « Darkness and Dawn » by Frederic W. Farrar

It seemed that Troilus exercised some strange and malefic influence over his companion, who was taken with fever.
Extract from : « Jerome Cardan » by William George Waters

It would almost seem as if some influence, malefic or otherwise, was stirring the good King Suddhodana.
Extract from : « The Influence of Buddhism on Primitive Christianity » by Arthur Lillie

Synonyms for malefic

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