malignant spirit

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Alongside his wife, Lorraine, he works as a paranormal investigator, and this is hardly his first tête-à-tête with a malignant spirit.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2021

It is a malignant spirit, for ever struggling with the 'Emanation,' or imaginative side of man, whose triumph is the supreme end of the universe.

From Books and Characters French and English by Strachey, Giles Lytton

He is a most malignant spirit, and his delight is in destroying souls.

From Elsie at Nantucket by Finley, Martha

Every slight shown him, each new instance of coldness or aversion of the neighborhood, gave the old man a diabolical pleasure, and seemed to revive his youth in the exercise of a malignant spirit.

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

This is enough of the exorcism of that malignant spirit, constitutional compact.

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin