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Definition of Maleficent
1. Adjective. Harmful or evil in intent or effect.
Similar to: Baleful, Baneful, Evil, Malefic, Malevolent, Malign
Also: Malign
Antonyms: Beneficent
Derivative terms: Maleficence, Maleficence
Definition of Maleficent
1. a. Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.
Definition of Maleficent
1. Adjective. Harmful or evil in intent or effect. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maleficent
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Maleficent
1. Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous. See: Malefic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maleficent
Literary usage of Maleficent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"The only use of punishment is prevention of similar maleficent acts, (maleficence
having place in this case by the supposition,) which otherwise would have ..."
2. English Composition and Rhetoric by Alexander Bain (1888)
"Being bereft of the unction that attends the production of maleficent and of
beneficent results, it relies more on artistic genius and skill. ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1884)
"He says : ing must be changed aa soon as a little discharge permeates it, lest
a septic channel be established for the ubiquitous and maleficent vibrios ..."
4. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"... an irrational and maleficent soul or demon," which insinuating itself every
where throughout the world, is all along intermingled with the better ..."
5. The Natural History of Immortality by Joseph William Reynolds (1891)
"maleficent POWER. We accept, as part of science, that nature everywhere touches
the supernatural, whatever we see represents the unseen. ..."
6. Rudimentary Psychology for Schools and Colleges by George McKendree Steele (1889)
"THE MALEVOLENT OR maleficent AFFECTIONS. As previously intimated, while Dr.
Hopkins's objection to the classification of the Affections as Benevolent or ..."
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