malefic

1. 1.

   having or exerting a malignant influence

   “malevolent stars”

   “a malefic force”

   Synonymsmalevolentmalignevil

   Similarmaleficent

Questions about malefic

What does malefic mean?

malefic means "having or exerting a malignant influence".

How many syllables are in malefic?

malefic has 3 syllables: ma-le-fic. The stress falls on "le".

What is another word for malefic?

Close synonyms include malevolent, malign, evil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is malefic a common word?

malefic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.