malefic
Example Sentences
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Giancarlo Esposito plays Beauty’s malefic father and Niecy Nash is her vocally exacting mother.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022
By the end of Clones, Anakin is still a decent, stalwart gent, light-years removed from the malefic Vader.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Just Cause, Copycat and Dead Man Walking all exploit a dramatic tension that is both elemental and cost-efficient; it requires only a bare room and an actor able to summon some malefic grandeur.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Both groups were deprived of the intelligence of the '30s, the malefic grandeur of the '40s.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Sergeant Hicks said in a malefic whisper that seemed to hiss out of his bowels.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.