Synonyms & related words for maleficent

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Words related to maleficent

Explore words related to maleficent — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include malefic, evil, malevolent, balefulness, malefactory, scelerate, villainous, villainousness. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does maleficent come from?

The word maleficent breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: male-, from Latin male (“badly, evil”); fic, from Latin facere (“doing”); and -ent, from Latin ens (“performing”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.