maleficence

English Thesaurus

1. the quality or nature of being harmful or evil (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	evil, evilness,
definition	:	the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice (noun.attribute)

attribute	:	maleficent,
definition	:	harmful or evil in intent or effect (adj.all)

2. doing or causing evil (noun.feeling)

hypernym	:	malevolence, malignity,
definition	:	wishing evil to others (noun.feeling)

3. the quality or nature of being harmful or evil (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	beneficence,
definition	:	the quality of being kind or helpful or generous (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening,
definition	:	threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments (adj.all)

derivation	:	maleficent,
definition	:	harmful or evil in intent or effect (adj.all)

derivation	:	baleful, baneful,
definition	:	deadly or sinister (adj.all)

derivation	:	mischievous,
definition	:	deliberately causing harm or damage (adj.all)

4. doing or causing evil (noun.feeling)

antonym	:	beneficence,
definition	:	doing good; feeling beneficent (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	maleficent,
definition	:	harmful or evil in intent or effect (adj.all)

5. the quality or nature of being harmful or evil (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	beneficence,
definition	:	the quality of being kind or helpful or generous (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening,
definition	:	threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments (adj.all)

derivation	:	maleficent,
definition	:	harmful or evil in intent or effect (adj.all)

derivation	:	baleful, baneful,
definition	:	deadly or sinister (adj.all)

derivation	:	mischievous,
definition	:	deliberately causing harm or damage (adj.all)

6. doing or causing evil (noun.feeling)

antonym	:	beneficence,
definition	:	doing good; feeling beneficent (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	maleficent,
definition	:	harmful or evil in intent or effect (adj.all)