Malefic — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

having or exerting a malignant influence

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mælˈɛfɪk/

🇬🇧British English

/malˈɛfɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/malˈɛfɪk/

3 syllables Say it as /mælˈɛfɪk/.

Examples

malevolent stars
a malefic force

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

malign malevolent evil

Parts of Speech

adjective

having or exerting a malignant influence

“malevolent stars”

Word Forms

malevolency	noun	the quality of threatening evil
malevolence	noun	the quality of threatening evil
malignity	noun	quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

bösartig

einen bösartigen Einfluss haben oder ausüben

🇫🇷French

maléfique

avoir ou exercer une influence maligne

🇪🇸Spanish

maléfico

tener o ejercer una influencia maligna

🇮🇹Italian

malefico

avere o esercitare un'influenza maligna

🇳🇱Dutch

verderfelijk

een kwaadaardige invloed hebben of uitoefenen

🇵🇹Portuguese

maléfico

ter ou exercer uma influência maligna

🇷🇺Russian

вредный

имеющий или оказывающий злокачественное влияние

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हानिकर

घातक प्रभाव डालना या डालना

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্ষতিকর

একটি ম্যালিগন্যান্ট প্রভাব থাকা বা প্রয়োগ করা

🇮🇳Tamil

தீங்கான

வீரியம் மிக்க செல்வாக்கைக் கொண்டிருத்தல் அல்லது செலுத்துதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

హానికరమైన

ప్రాణాంతక ప్రభావాన్ని కలిగి ఉండటం లేదా చూపడం

🇮🇳Marathi

घातक

घातक प्रभाव असणे किंवा करणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

હાનિકારક

જીવલેણ પ્રભાવ પાડવો અથવા લાગુ પાડવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ದುರುದ್ದೇಶಪೂರಿತ

ಮಾರಣಾಂತಿಕ ಪ್ರಭಾವವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಅಥವಾ ಬೀರುವ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദോഷകരമായ

മാരകമായ സ്വാധീനം ഉള്ളതോ ചെലുത്തുന്നതോ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਖਤਰਨਾਕ

ਇੱਕ ਘਾਤਕ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ ਪਾਉਣਾ ਜਾਂ ਲਾਗੂ ਕਰਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

نقصان دہ

ایک مہلک اثر ڈالنا یا استعمال کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

凶恶的

具有或施加恶性影响

🇯🇵Japanese

凶悪な

悪性の影響を持つ、または及ぼす

🇰🇷Korean

해로운

악의적인 영향을 미치거나 발휘하는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

điều ác

có hoặc gây ảnh hưởng ác tính

🇹🇭Thai

ร้ายกาจ

มีหรือกำลังมีอิทธิพลร้าย

🇮🇩Indonesian

yg mencelakakan

memiliki atau mengerahkan pengaruh ganas

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مؤذ

وجود أو ممارسة تأثير خبيث

🇮🇷Persian

مخرب

داشتن یا اعمال نفوذ بدخیم

🇹🇷Turkish

zararlı

Kötü huylu bir etkiye sahip olmak veya uygulamak

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The primary meaning of 'malefic' is 'having or exerting a malignant influence'.

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