Antonyms for malefic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : muh-lef-ik
Phonetic Transcription : məˈlɛf ɪk


Definition of malefic

Origin :
  • 1650s, from Latin maleficus "wicked, vicious, criminal," from male "ill" (see mal-) + -ficus, from stem of facere "to make, do" (see factitious).
  • As in malign : adj hurtful, injurious
  • As in ominous : adj menacing, foreboding
  • As in baneful : adj ruinous, injurious
  • As in sinister : adj nasty, menacing
  • As in venomous : adj poisonous; hateful
  • As in fatal : adj deadly, lethal
  • As in harmful : adj injurious, hurtful
Example sentences :
  • A sort of malefic magnetism exuded from every pore of his skin.
  • Extract from : « Bunch Grass » by Horace Annesley Vachell
  • What malefic jest of Fate led her to select the story of Georgie-Porgie?
  • Extract from : « Wandering Heath » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • We consider ourselves as soldiers waging battle against the blind, malefic forces of nature.
  • Extract from : « The Pros and Cons of Vivisection » by Charles Richet
  • The malefic Powers of savages have generally been absorbed by higher beings or have otherwise disappeared.
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the History of Religions » by Crawford Howell Toy
  • Saturn and Mars are causers of evil or malefic; the first from his excess of cold, and the other from his excess of heat.
  • Extract from : « The Influence of the Stars » by Rosa Baughan
  • But if the malefic influence is too powerful for them to avert, then they cause death in the various manners above described.
  • Extract from : « The Influence of the Stars » by Rosa Baughan
  • We know few places where all the virtues, unchoked by the malefic weeds of vice, grow more luxuriantly.
  • Extract from : « Dona Perfecta » by B. Perez Galdos
  • And who, he asked, can allege one immoral deed, one malefic practice against the noble wife of the conqueror of Britain?
  • Extract from : « Darkness and Dawn » by Frederic W. Farrar
  • It seemed that Troilus exercised some strange and malefic influence over his companion, who was taken with fever.
  • Extract from : « Jerome Cardan » by William George Waters
  • It would almost seem as if some influence, malefic or otherwise, was stirring the good King Suddhodana.
  • Extract from : « The Influence of Buddhism on Primitive Christianity » by Arthur Lillie

Synonyms for malefic

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