maleficent
doing evil or harm; harmfully malicious: maleficent destroyers of reputations.
Origin of maleficent
1Words that may be confused with maleficent
- maleficent , malevolent
Words Nearby maleficent
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When you watched the movie all those years ago, were you wondering if there was more to maleficent than we were seeing?
The ‘Maleficent’ Screenwriter Also Wrote ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ | Kevin Fallon | June 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTmaleficent is an iconic Disney villain and has her own fans because of her status as the bad guy.
The ‘Maleficent’ Screenwriter Also Wrote ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ | Kevin Fallon | June 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat were your first impressions of maleficent when you first watched Sleeping Beauty?
The ‘Maleficent’ Screenwriter Also Wrote ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ | Kevin Fallon | June 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTmaleficent is, to me, the most interesting thing in the Disney feature.
The ‘Maleficent’ Screenwriter Also Wrote ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ | Kevin Fallon | June 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDo that too reflexively (and for too long) and maleficent is what you end up with.
The Ghastly ‘Maleficent’ and Why It’s Time For Hollywood to Kill the Dark Reboot | Andrew Romano | May 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The 'monarch,' as he observes, 'is naturally the very worst—the most maleficent member of the whole community.'
The English Utilitarians, Volume I. | Leslie StephenThat maleficent giant can now hardly grin at the pilgrims whom he once harassed.
A History of English Literature | George Saintsbury"I consider it less a case of idiocy than one of possession, maleficent possession," replied Crashaw.
The Wonder | J. D. BeresfordIt is, of course, no argument against this view that the authors of the Diræ regard Gladstone as a maleficent being.
In the Wrong Paradise | Andrew LangThe Assyrians looked upon the stars as divinities endued with beneficent or maleficent power.
Astronomical Myths | John F. Blake
British Dictionary definitions for maleficent
/ (məˈlɛfɪsənt) /
causing or capable of producing evil or mischief; harmful or baleful
Origin of maleficent
1Derived forms of maleficent
- malefic, adjective
- maleficence, noun
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