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Definitions

maleficent

[muh-lef-uh-suhnt] / məˈlɛf ə sənt /
ADJECTIVE
evil
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bad corrupt destructive hateful heinous hideous malevolent malicious nefarious ugly unpleasant vicious vile villainous wicked
STRONG
base foul low offensive poison reprobate wrong
WEAK
angry atrocious baneful beastly calamitous damnable depraved disastrous execrable flagitious harmful iniquitous injurious loathsome malignant no good obscene pernicious rancorous repugnant repulsive revolting spiteful stinking unpropitious wrathful
Antonyms
STRONGEST
agreeable aiding assisting attractive benevolent decent delightful friendly gentle good helpful honest honorable kind lovely nice pleasant pleasing right upright virtuous wonderful worthy
STRONG
moral
WEAK
auspicious sinless
ADJECTIVE
malign
Synonyms
WEAK
antagonistic antipathetic bad baleful baneful deleterious despiteful destructive detrimental evil harmful hateful hostile inimical malefic malevolent malignant noxious pernicious rancorous sinister spiteful vicious wicked
Antonyms
WEAK
aiding benign helpful nice
ADJECTIVE
pernicious
Synonyms
STRONGEST
damaging dangerous deadly destructive detrimental devastating harmful lethal malicious nefarious noxious poisonous ruinous toxic virulent
WEAK
baleful deleterious evil fatal iniquitous injurious killing malevolent malign malignant miasmatic miasmic mortal noisome offensive pestiferous pestilent pestilential prejudicial sinister venomous wicked
Antonyms
STRONGEST
advantageous assisting beneficial benevolent good harmless healthy helpful kind nonpoisonous wholesome
WEAK
innocuous lovable loving

Example Sentences

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“It’s really hard to predict all the maleficent uses,” said Giada Pistilli, principal ethicist at Hugging Face.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2023

The actor, more often cast as likable and light, makes fairy-tale Flynn maleficent.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2014

We don’t see Maleficent before she becomes, well, maleficent.

From New York Times • May 29, 2014

Hiddleston, known to Marvel fans as the brooding, maleficent Loki in the Thor and Avengers movies, stepped into the Adam role when Michael Fassbender stepped out.

From Time • Apr. 9, 2014

The waters cover the earth, and all maleficent beings are drowned.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

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