malefic
Plural: malefics
Adjective Satellite
- having or exerting a malignant influence
- "a malefic force"
Adj
- Having an evil or harmful influence; baleful.
Noun
- A malefic planet.
Adjective
- Producing or causing evil or harm.
Examples
- His opponent’s malefic strategy involved constantly blocking his best plays.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin maleficus.
Synonyms
evil, malevolent, malign, abandoned, arrant, bad, bad apple, bad seed, baleful, baneful, base, dark, deleterious, depraved, despicable, detrimental, devilish, diabolical, flagitious, harmful, ill-intentioned, ill-natured, immoral, incorrigible, iniquitous, iniquous, injurious, knavish, malefic, maleficent, malicious, malignant, nefarious, niddering, nidering, niding, nithing, no-good, peccaminous, pernicious, reprehensible, reprobate, satanic, scathful, sinful, sinister, sordid, sullen, ungodly, unholy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
malefic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmalefic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
malefic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary