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maléfique — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • evil adjective Deeply immoral and cruel; deliberately intending to cause harm.
  • maleficent adj Causing harm, especially through evil intent.
  • malevolent adj Wishing harm on others; having ill will.
  • nefarious adj Wicked or criminal, especially in a way that is notorious or widely condemned.
  • unholy adj Not holy; wicked, evil, or sacrilegious.

Senses

maléfique is used for these senses in English:

  • evil Intending to harm; malevolent.
  • maleficent Harmful or evil in intent or effect.
  • malevolent Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.
  • malevolent Having an evil or harmful influence.
  • nefarious Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.
  • unholy Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted.

evil — full definition

  1. adjective Deeply immoral and cruel; deliberately intending to cause harm.
  2. adjective Unpleasant or unlucky, in a milder, informal sense.
  3. noun Moral wickedness, or the force believed to cause suffering and wrongdoing in the world.

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