malefic.

Having a harmful or evil influence.

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Words that belong together

• malefic influence
• malefic power

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They feared the malefic influence of the sealed chamber.

The charm was intended to ward off a malefic power.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Comparative: more malefic; superlative: most malefic, when meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.