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maleficentcausing harm or destruction by supernatural or magical means; evil

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: causing harm or destruction by supernatural or magical means; evil

Pronunciation (IPA): /məˈlefɪsənt/

Korean meaning: 초자연적이거나 마법적 수단으로 해를 끼치는; 악한

Korean pronunciation: 머**레**피선트

Example Sentences

  • The maleficent fairy godmother turned out to be worse than having no fairy godmother at all.
  • My maleficent alarm clock seems to have magical powers to ruin my morning every single day.
  • The ancient tome contained descriptions of maleficent rituals used by dark wizards.

maleficent

ADJECTIVE

//məˈlefɪsənt//

causing harm or destruction by supernatural or magical means; evil

maleficent concept
💡 Concept

A maleficent witch transforms a prince into stone with dark magic

maleficent rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Maleficent shadows threaten the magnificent temple, until beneficent light prevails!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/məˈlefɪsənt/
🇬🇧 UK/məˈlefɪsənt/

🌳Etymology

Prefixmale--
Rootfic
Suffix--ent

Origin

From Latin 'maleficent-' meaning 'doing evil or harm,' composed of 'male' (badly) and 'facere' (to do). The word gained popular recognition through Disney's villain character Maleficent.

🎵Rhyme

beneficentmagnificent
beneficent
magnificent

🔗Collocations

maleficent witch
maleficent forces
maleficent power
maleficent spell
maleficent influence
maleficent magic

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The maleficent fairy godmother turned out to be worse than having no fairy godmother at all.

😄 Fun example

My maleficent alarm clock seems to have magical powers to ruin my morning every single day.

The ancient tome contained descriptions of maleficent rituals used by dark wizards.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

evilwickedmalevolentsinistermalicious

Antonyms

beneficentbenevolentkind

Related

malevolentmaliciouswitchevilsupernatural

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