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Maleficent

Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.

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Baleful 84% connected

Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive.

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Baleful 84% connected

Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive.

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Baneful 84% connected

Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious.

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Baneful 84% connected

Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious.

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Evil 84% connected

Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious…

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Evil 84% connected

Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious…

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Malefic 84% connected

Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful.

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Malefic 84% connected

Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful.

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Malevolent 84% connected

Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another's misfortune.

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Malevolent 84% connected

Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another's misfortune.

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Malign 84% connected

Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.

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Malign 84% connected

Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.

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Maleficence 74% connected

Evil doing, esp. to others.

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Maleficence 74% connected

Evil doing, esp. to others.

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Mischief 74% connected

Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamit…

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Mischief 74% connected

Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamit…

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Balefulness 66% connected

The quality or state of being baleful.

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Balefulness 66% connected

The quality or state of being baleful.

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Mischief 66% connected

Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamit…

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Mischief 66% connected

Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamit…

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Malign 66% connected

Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.

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Malign 66% connected

Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.

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Beneficent 94% connected

Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.

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Beneficent 94% connected

Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.

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