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malefic

[muh-lef-ik] / məˈlɛf ɪk /








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Giancarlo Esposito plays Beauty’s malefic father and Niecy Nash is her vocally exacting mother.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022

Deep in the entrails of a Rumanian castle, a malefic beast has been stirring for a millennium.

From Time Magazine Archive

In The Wild Bunch he played a punk gunslinger and in Three Amigos! the malefic El Guapo, who spits out the immortal line "A plethora of pinatas!"

From Time Magazine Archive

In Poltergeist, Carol Anne talks to "the TV people," and they talk back; they even play with her, to malefic effect.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like a malefic kitten with a ball of string, she would tangle his emotions until he lost all distinction between love and hate, joy and sorrow.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor


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