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Meanings of maleficence in English

Portuguese
falcatrua
Catalan
maleficència

The quality or nature of being harmful or evil.

      falcatrua
      Synonyms
      Examples for "mischief"
      Examples for "mischief"
      1
      By that time the mischief was done; the illness had set in.
      The Moonstone
      2
      To work mischief in the street they settle themselves in the highway.
      The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
      3
      The governor had penetrated the design in time to prevent the mischief.
      Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy — Volume 2
      4
      In the spirit of mischief, he followed the impulse of the moment.
      The Actress in High Life / An Episode in Winter Quarters
      5
      Time passes; and at last the tiler arrives to mend the mischief.
      The Open Air
      1
      The girl's indifference could not be real; and if it was not, her good acting only betrayed the depths of her experience and balefulness.
      The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight
      2
      5 But their bliss he turned to balefulness:
      The Faerie Queene — Volume 01
      Usage of maleficence in English
      1
      In all their lamentations soundeth vengeance, in all their eulogies is maleficence; and being judge seemeth to them bliss.
      Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
      2
      Of course society has to make an occasional example and its moral maleficence, like death, loved a shining mark.
      The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 01
      3
      Even when thou art gentle towards them, they still feel themselves despised by thee; and they repay thy beneficence with secret maleficence.
      Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
      4
      I looked around the cell and saw that my warning had brought to life deep suspicions that even a child could harbor maleficence.
      The heretic's daughter: a novel
      5
      Then he shows us how the small-scale maleficence we encounter daily might credibly burgeon into evil as spectacular as can readily be imagined.
      The Guardian
      Translations for maleficence
      Portuguese
      falcatrua
      Maleficence through the time