Synonyms for maleficent
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : muh-lef-uh-suh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : məˈlɛf ə sənt |
Top 10 synonyms for maleficent Other synonyms for the word maleficent
- angry
- antagonistic
- antipathetic
- atrocious
- bad
- baleful
- baneful
- base
- beastly
- calamitous
- damnable
- deleterious
- depraved
- despiteful
- destructive
- detrimental
- disastrous
- evil
- execrable
- fatal
- flagitious
- foul
- harmful
- hateful
- hostile
- inimical
- iniquitous
- injurious
- killing
- loathsome
- low
- malefic
- maleficent
- malevolent
- malign
- malignant
- miasmatic
- miasmic
- mortal
- no good
- noisome
- noxious
- obscene
- offensive
- pernicious
- pestiferous
- pestilent
- pestilential
- poison
- poisonous
- prejudicial
- rancorous
- reprobate
- repugnant
- repulsive
- revolting
- ruinous
- sinister
- spiteful
- stinking
- toxic
- ugly
- unpleasant
- unpropitious
- venomous
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- virulent
- wicked
- wrathful
- wrong
Définition of maleficent
Origin :- 1670s, from Latin maleficent-, altered stem of maleficus (see malefic).
- As in malign : adj hurtful, injurious
- As in pernicious : adj bad, hurtful
- As in evil : adj sinful, immoral
- But now it sounded to me like the name of some maleficent and sinful being.
- Extract from : « Dubliners » by James Joyce
- The waters cover the earth, and all maleficent beings are drowned.
- Extract from : « The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 » by Various
- Necromantic magic is divided into Goëtic, maleficent, and theurgic.
- Extract from : « Witch, Warlock, and Magician » by William Henry Davenport Adams
- That aspect of the sky which they now regard as disagreeable they then beheld as maleficent.
- Extract from : « The Mayor of Casterbridge » by Thomas Hardy
- So the Deity may be beneficent or maleficent, he cannot be moral or immoral.
- Extract from : « Practical Essays » by Alexander Bain
- But Yama is not regarded as a maleficent being, like Tangaro.
- Extract from : « Modern Mythology » by Andrew Lang
- The 'monarch,' as he observes, 'is naturally the very worst—the most maleficent member of the whole community.'
- Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume I. » by Leslie Stephen
- Sometimes the stepfather takes the children without their mother, if she be maleficent.
- Extract from : « Omaha sociology (1884 N 03 / 1881-1882 (pages 205-370)) » by James Owen Dorsey
- Perhaps their curiosity was put to sleep by some uncanny though not maleficent influence.
- Extract from : « Fairies Afield » by Mary Louisa Molesworth
- If anything reminded him of the moon, however, then it could be expected to be maleficent in influence.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by James J. Walsh
Antonyms for maleficent
- advantageous
- agreeable
- aiding
- assisting
- attractive
- auspicious
- beautiful
- beneficial
- benevolent
- benign
- decent
- delightful
- friendly
- gentle
- good
- harmless
- healthy
- helpful
- honest
- honorable
- innocuous
- kind
- lovable
- lovely
- loving
- moral
- nice
- nonpoisonous
- pleasant
- pleasing
- right
- sinless
- upright
- virtuous
- wholesome
- wonderful
- worthy
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