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malefic

Meaning

Characterized by the intention or capability to inflict injury or misfortune; possessing a destructive or detrimental influence.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The storm's wind howled with a malefic intent, tearing at the small house. Each gust felt like a punch, threatening to rip away the roof and scatter their meager belongings. They huddled together, feeling the destructive power of the dark sky.

The old engine coughed, its malefic groan echoing through the empty hangar. We knew this jump wouldn't be easy, that the ship’s failing systems had a destructive capability that could easily crush us against the asteroids. Misfortune was not a matter of chance here.

The old machine hummed, a low, malefic sound that promised trouble. It felt like a curse, this broken thing that brought only bad luck. Everything it touched seemed to fall apart, leaving behind only sadness and ruin.

The old shaman warned that the corrupted shrine possessed a malefic energy, capable of twisting even the purest intentions into acts of ruin. He said its dark power would bring only bad luck and harm to anyone who dared disturb its rest, a truly destructive influence.

The old lighthouse keeper watched the approaching storm with dread. Its clouds, heavy and dark, seemed to promise nothing but trouble. He knew the sea could be a malefic force, capable of crushing ships and swallowing lives with its brutal, unfeeling power.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The shadows seemed to cling to him, a malefic presence that promised only pain. His chilling gaze held no warmth, just a cruel intent to see us suffer. We knew instinctively his influence would be destructive.

The old radio crackled, spewing a strange, rhythmic hum that unsettled everyone in the bunker. It wasn't just noise; it felt like a conscious, malefic force seeping through the speakers, promising only despair and worse to come with each distorted burst.

The antique automaton, its gears grinding with a *malefic* hum, seemed intent on disrupting the delicate chemical process. Its metallic fingers twitched, threatening to knock over the volatile reagents, a disaster waiting to happen.

My neighbor's garden gnomes have a decidedly malefic vibe, always staring with their chipped porcelain eyes. Yesterday, one toppled a squirrel's nut stash, and the day before, my prize-winning petunias mysteriously wilted. I swear, those little guys are plotting something truly destructive.

The storm raged, a truly malefic force against the small village. Wind ripped roofs from homes and the river swelled, threatening to drown everything in its path. Fear gripped the inhabitants as the destructive power of nature showed its cruelest face.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

The storm's wind howled, a truly malefic force that tore branches from trees and threatened to shatter windows. It felt like a deliberate malice, a destructive capability aimed at bringing ruin and hardship to the small town.

The blight spread with a chilling, malefic intent, turning vibrant fungal colonies into desiccated husks. We watched the symbiotic organisms, once vital to the bio-luminescent cavern's ecosystem, succumb to the encroaching decay, a palpable sense of loss weighing on our team as the detrimental influence consumed more of our research specimens.

The alchemist's grimoire lay open, its arcane symbols pulsing with a malefic energy that prickled the skin. He understood then, with a chilling certainty, that the whispered incantations promised not power, but a destructive influence, a capability to ruin everything he held dear.

The perpetually disgruntled gnome, Bartholomew, possessed a truly malefic spirit, his tiny hands perpetually crafting elaborate pranks designed to inflict maximum misfortune. His most recent contraption, a banana peel catapult, threatened to send unsuspecting squirrels on spectacular, trajectory-altering voyages, a testament to his ingenious, if slightly detrimental, capabilities.

The perpetually disgruntled gnome, Bartholomew, was known for his particularly malefic brand of gardening. His intentions, while perhaps stemming from a misplaced desire for orderly petunias, resulted in a capable infliction of misfortune upon any unfortunate worm or dandelion that dared to cross his path, their tiny lives demonstrably detrimental.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

A palpable dread settled upon the villagers. The elder spoke of the coming storm, not as a mere weather event, but as a malefic force intent on their ruin, its capacity to inflict misery and misfortune evident in every gust of wind.

The ancient chronometer’s gears ground with a malefic intent, each tortured shriek promising another temporal anomaly. Elias felt a dread creep into his bones, a certainty that the device’s warped ticking held a power not merely to disrupt, but to unravel existence itself.

The ancient artifact, unearthed from a forgotten crypt, pulsed with a malefic energy, its intricate carvings seeming to writhe with malevolent intent. A chilling premonition washed over the archaeologists, a visceral understanding that this object possessed a destructive capability, a truly detrimental influence on anything it touched.

Barnaby, the perpetually disgruntled badger, possessed a truly malefic aura, evidenced by his uncanny knack for sabotaging picnics with meticulously placed banana peels and his astonishingly accurate, though entirely unsolicited, pronouncements of impending doom. His very presence seemed to coalesce misfortune, a testament to his inherent capacity for detrimental influence.

The gnome, renowned for his malefic proclivities, fashioned a miniature, self-propelled catapult from shriveled fungi and discarded thimbles. His fiendishly ingenious contraption, designed solely to pelt unsuspecting squirrels with overripe bilberries, possessed a truly destructive influence on their afternoon tranquility.

Difficulty

Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.

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