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Adjective: maleficent  mu'le-fi-sunt
  1. Harmful or evil in intent or effect
    "Maleficent witchcraft was different in the sense that conflicts provided an opportunity to rationalize misfortune"

See also: baleful, balefulness, baneful [archaic], evil, malefic, maleficence, malevolent, malign, mischief

Antonym: beneficent

Encyclopedia: Maleficent