maleficence

Meaning

harmfulness or mischief.

Synonyms

mischief

evil

wrong

harm

balefulness

failure

hurt

ill

🤢

impairment

injury

malefaction

malfeasance

malignity

nefariousness

severity

trauma

vitiation

wickedness

evildoing

badness

malicious mischief

breakdown

damage

detriment

evilness

Translations

malfaisance

Böse

Übel

βλάβη

κακό

espièglerie

mal

malignità

schadelijkheid

verderfelijkheid

falcatrua

daño

maleficència

maldad

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məˈlɛfɪsəns/

Etymology

From Italian maleficenza or Middle French maleficence or directly from Latin maleficentia.