"maleficent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /məˈlɛf.ɪ.sənt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-maleficent.ogg [US] Forms: more maleficent [comparative], most maleficent [superlative]
Etymology: Latin *maleficēns, from male (“bad”) + -ficēns, combining form from faciēns, present participle of faciō (“to make or do”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|*maleficēns}} Latin *maleficēns, {{m|la|male||bad}} male (“bad”), {{m|la||-ficēns}} -ficēns, {{m|la|faciēns}} faciēns, {{m|la|faciō||to make or do}} faciō (“to make or do”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} maleficent (comparative more maleficent, superlative most maleficent)
  1. Harmful or evil in intent or effect. Synonyms: evil, malevolent, malicious, evil Related terms: malefactor, maleficence Translations (harmful or evil in intent or effect): вре́ден (vréden) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kwaadaardig (Dutch), boosaardig (Dutch), verderfelijk (Dutch), schadelijk (Dutch), malbonfarema (Esperanto), kuritahtlik (Estonian), kuritegelik (Estonian), õelutsev (Estonian), vahingollinen (Finnish), maléfique (French), malefico (Italian), maligno (Italian), زیانبار (ziyânbâr) (Persian), زیانبخش (ziyânbaxš) (Persian), zbrodniczy (Polish), szkodliwy (Polish), maléfico (Portuguese), вре́дный (vrédnyj) (Russian), вредоно́сный (vredonósnyj) (Russian), maléfico (Spanish), ondsint (Swedish), elakartad (Swedish), ondskefull (Swedish), illasinnad (Swedish), згубний (zhubnyj) (Ukrainian), злочинний (zločynnyj) (Ukrainian), пагубний (pahubnyj) (Ukrainian), шкідливий (škidlyvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-maleficent-en-adj-z~SFTg~h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

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