NOUN | attribute | balefulness, maleficence, mischief | the quality or nature of being harmful or evil |
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Meaning | The quality or nature of being harmful or evil. | |
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Synonyms | maleficence, mischief | |
Attributes | maleficent | harmful or evil in intent or effect |
Broader | evil, evilness | The quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice |
Opposite | beneficence | The quality of being kind or helpful or generous |
Spanish | maleficencia | |
Adjectives | baleful | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
baleful | deadly or sinister |
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