maleficent
UK/məˈlɛfɪsənt/
maleficent adjective: harmful or evil in intent or effect.
Adjective
maleficent (comparative more maleficent, superlative most maleficent)
- Harmful or evil in intent or effect.
- maleficent influence
- maleficent spirit
- Synonyms:
- maleficient, evil, malevolent, malicious, abandoned, arrant, bad, bad apple, bad seed, baleful
- Antonyms:
- beneficent, beneficial, benevolent, magnanimous
maleficent meaning in Urdu, Kannada and Persian
maleficent in Urdu
- maleficent
- اذیت رساں aziyat rasāṉ
maleficent in Kannada
- ಕೆಡಕು ಮಾಡುವ, ಹಾನಿಕಾರಕ
maleficent in Persian
- harmful or evil in intent or effect
- زیانبار ziyânbâr, زیانبخش ziyânbaxš
Examples of maleficent in a sentence
- In the tale, a maleficent witch cursed the newborn princess.
- The critic described the character’s smile as darkly maleficent.
Synonyms of maleficent
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- baneful
- base
- black-hearted
- dark
- deleterious
- demonic
- depraved
- despicable
- detrimental
- devilish
- diabolical
- evil-minded
- flagitious
- harmful
- heinous
- ill-intentioned
- ill-natured
- immoral
- incorrigible
- iniquitous
- injurious
- knavish
- malefic
- malign
- malignant
- nefarious
- no-good
- peccaminous
- pernicious
- reprehensible
Antonyms
Forms of maleficent
| comparative | more maleficent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most maleficent |
Origin of maleficent
From Latin *maleficēns, from male (“bad”) + -ficēns, combining form from faciēns, present participle of faciō (“to make or do”).
Words formed from maleficent
Questions about maleficent
- What does maleficent mean?
- Maleficent means harmful or evil in intent or effect.
- What is maleficent in Urdu?
- Maleficent in Urdu is اذیت رساں (aziyat rasāṉ). See Maleficent meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use maleficent in a sentence?
- In the tale, a maleficent witch cursed the newborn princess.
- What part of speech is maleficent?
- Maleficent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce maleficent?
- Maleficent is pronounced /məˈlɛfɪsənt/ (UK).
Words near maleficent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: maleficent (page history and authors); اذیت رساں (Urdu) (page history and authors); maleficent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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