maleficient
/ˌmæləˈfɪʃənt/
maleficient is the alternative form of maleficent.
Meaning of maleficent
Adjective
maleficent (comparative more maleficent, superlative most maleficent)
- Harmful or evil in intent or effect.
- maleficent influence
- Synonyms:
- maleficient, evil, malevolent, malicious, abandoned, arrant, bad, bad apple, bad seed, baleful
- Antonyms:
- beneficent, beneficial, benevolent, magnanimous
Forms of maleficient
| comparative | more maleficient |
|---|---|
| superlative | most maleficient |
Origin of maleficient
Modification of maleficent; compare beneficient.
Words that rhyme with maleficient
- efficient
- sufficient
- coefficient
- deficient
- hyperdeficient
- inefficient
- insufficient
- omniscient
- perficient
- self-sufficient
- allicient
- beneficient
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- bideficient
- biodeficient
- calorifacient
- calorificient
- cogniscient
- cost-efficient
- ecoefficient
- eigencoefficient
- equiefficient
- haplodeficient
- haploinsufficient
- haploproficient
- haplosufficient
- hyperefficient
- immunodeficient
- immunoinsufficient
- immunosufficient
- indeficient
- lymphosufficient
- multideficient
- multiscient
- nondeficient
- nonefficient
- nonomniscient
- nonproficient
- nonsufficient
- objicient
- Pareto-efficient
- phosphodeficient
- piezocoefficient
- proficient
- projicient
- pseudodeficient
- subefficient
- superefficient
- superproficient
- ultraefficient
- undeficient
- unproficient
- unsufficient
Questions about maleficient
- What is maleficient the alternative form of?
- Maleficient is the alternative form of maleficent.
- How do you pronounce maleficient?
- Maleficient is pronounced /ˌmæləˈfɪʃənt/.
Words near maleficient in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: maleficient (page history and authors); maleficent (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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